本論文以浪漫樂派費德列克．蕭邦（Frédéric Chopin, 1810
-1849）的作品31與作品54為研究主題，共分為三章進行研究。
第一章為緒論，說明研究動機與目的、研究範圍與方法。
第二章在第一節先簡述蕭邦詼諧曲的源流，第二節與第三節則是分別探討作品31與作品54，簡述他的創作背景，然後進行曲式結構分析與演奏詮釋探討。
第三章為結論，筆者將創作背景、樂曲分析與演奏詮釋的研究心得，做最後的統整與歸納。
The thesis focuses on Frédéric Chopin’s Scherzo Op.31 and Scherzo Op.54. This thesis consists of three chapters.
The first chapter introduces the motivations, objectives, scopes, and methods of this study.
The second chapter covers three sections: the first section introduces development of the genre "scherzo". The second and third sections would lead into the background of Chopin's Scherzo Op.31 and Op.54. These two scherzos would be analyzed. Some interpretative suggestions would be given according to the found analysis of these two scherzos.
The third chapter concludes discussions by integrating the results obtained in the previous chapters with commentary.
