| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| ·Ian McEwan and The Child in Time | 第8-10页 |
| ·Major Criticism on The Child in Time and a Preview of the Present Study | 第10-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO Henri Bergson's Theory of Duree | 第15-21页 |
| ·Concept of Duree | 第15-17页 |
| ·Revelation of the Duree | 第17-21页 |
| CHAPTER THREE Charles's Tragedy:Deprivation and Avoidance of the Present | 第21-31页 |
| ·Distorted Childhood:Living in the Future | 第21-25页 |
| ·Depressed Adulthood:Living in the Past | 第25-31页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR Stephen's Balanced Idea of Duree:Harmony of Past,Present and Future | 第31-44页 |
| ·Loss of Kate:Neglect of the Present | 第32-36页 |
| ·Birth:Reliving in the Present | 第36-44页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE Ian MeEwan's Ideal Sense of Time | 第44-47页 |
| CHAPTER SIX Conclusion | 第47-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-54页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第54-56页 |
