《尤利西斯》是詹姆斯·乔伊斯意识流小说的扛鼎之作,小说中大量运用意识流手法的描写使其晦涩难懂。框架(Frame)作为一种认知概念,其构建有助于文本的理解。从概念框架观、情景框架观和社会文化框架观这三种最有影响力的框架理论的角度能更好地对这部作品中的人物原型、故事情节发展和人物性格的形成进行认知解读。框架理论为读者理解文学语篇提供了新的视角。 Ulysses is a carry-on for James Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness novels, which makes it obscure by the extensive use of the description of stream of consciousness. Frame as a cognitive concept, its construction helps to understand the text. From the perspectives of conceptual framework, situational framework and socio-cultural framework, the three most influential framework theories can better interpret the protagonist, storyline development and character formation in this work . Framework theory provides a new perspective for readers to understand literary discourse.