| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Part One Introduction | 第7-15页 |
| ·Ian McEwan—The Writer and His Works | 第7-11页 |
| ·Critical Reviews of Atonement | 第11-15页 |
| Part Two Understanding Family Systems Theory | 第15-25页 |
| ·The Family Systems Theory | 第16-20页 |
| ·Significance of Family Systems Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·Bowen Family Systems Theory | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Notion of "Self-Differentiation" | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Self Force and the Togetherness Force | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Notion of Differentiation of Self | 第22-23页 |
| ·Understanding Briony's Self-Differentiation | 第23-25页 |
| Part Three Briony's Successful Transformation of Self-Differentiation | 第25-55页 |
| ·Briony's Family Environment | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Influence of Family Members on Briony | 第28-35页 |
| ·The Father's Influence on Briony | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Brother's Influence on Briony | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Mother's Influence on Briony | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Elder Sister's Influence on Briony | 第32-35页 |
| ·Young Briony's Poorly Differentiated "Self | 第35-47页 |
| ·Briony's Fantasy in Her Daily Life | 第35-38页 |
| ·Briony's Fantasy in her play The Trials of Arabella | 第38-40页 |
| ·Briony's Poorly Differentiated "Self | 第40-43页 |
| ·Briony's Crime | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Elder Briony's Well-Differentiated "Self | 第47-55页 |
| ·Briony's Vocation in Nursing to Proceed Her Atonement | 第47-52页 |
| ·Briony's Attempt to Write a Novel to Proceed Her Atonement | 第52-54页 |
| ·Briony's Fulfillment of Her Transformation of Self Differentiation | 第54-55页 |
| Part Four Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| Notes | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-63页 |
| Primary Sources | 第60页 |
| Interviews | 第60-61页 |
| Secondary Sources | 第61-63页 |
