| Acknowledgements | 第2-3页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-5页 |
| Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| 0.1 Robert Coover -- An Usher in a New Era | 第8-9页 |
| 0.2 Briar Rose and the Home Page of Briar Rose | 第9-10页 |
| 0.3 The Research Topic and the Structure of the Thesis | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Some Basic Ideas about Postmodernist Fiction | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 What is Postmodernist Fiction? | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 Some Features of Postmodernist Fiction | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Work·Text·Hypertext | 第19-33页 |
| 2.1 From Work to Text | 第22-28页 |
| 2.1.1 The Work and the Establishment of the Notion of Work | 第22-24页 |
| 2.1.2 The Text and Classification of Texts | 第24-25页 |
| 2.1.3 Comparison between the Work and the Text | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2 From Text to Hypertext | 第28-33页 |
| 2.2.1 The Hypertext and Its Classification | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2.2 Some Features of Hypertext | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Briar Rose as a Loose-Leaf Fiction | 第33-52页 |
| 3.1 Briar Rose and the Loose-Leaf Fiction | 第33-37页 |
| 3.1.1 Loose-Leaf Fiction | 第33-35页 |
| 3.1.2 General Introduction to the Features of Loose-Leaf Fiction Displayed in Briar Rose | 第35-37页 |
| 3.2 Narrative Techniques of Briar Rose | 第37-52页 |
| 3.2.1 Parody | 第37-40页 |
| 3.2.2 Multiple Levels of Reality | 第40-46页 |
| 3.2.2.1 Myriad Points of View | 第41-44页 |
| 3.2.2.2 A Bifurcating Plot | 第44-46页 |
| 3.2.3 Indeterminacy | 第46-48页 |
| 3.2.4 Metafictional Elements | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter 4 Briar Rose as a Hypertext Fiction | 第52-66页 |
| 4.1 Hypertext Fiction | 第52-59页 |
| 4.1.1 Electronic Literature | 第52-59页 |
| 4.1.2.H ypertext Fiction | 第54-55页 |
| 4.1.2.1 Intertextuality | 第55-56页 |
| 4.1.2.2 Nonlinearity and Multilinearity | 第56-57页 |
| 4.1.2.3 Interactivity | 第57页 |
| 4.1.2.4.Inddeterminacy："Gliding" Signifier and Signified | 第57-59页 |
| 4.2 Briar Rose as a Hypertext Fiction | 第59-66页 |
| 4.2.1 The Experiment of Briar Rose Home Page | 第59-60页 |
| 4.2.2 Some Features of Briar Rose as a Hypertext Fiction | 第60-66页 |
| 4.2.2.1 Multilinearity | 第61-62页 |
| 4.2.2.2 Intertextuality | 第62-63页 |
| 4.2.2.3 Indeterminacy | 第63-65页 |
| 4.2.2.4 Interactivity | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion: The End of Books? | 第66-70页 |
| Works Cited | 第70-72页 |
