| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| 1.1 The Brief Introduction of Ted Chiang’s Works and Story of Your Life | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 The Definition of Chaos Theory | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 The Purpose and Innovations of the Dissertation | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第17-21页 |
| 2.1 Literature Review of Story of Your Life | 第17页 |
| 2.2 Literature Review of Chaos Theory | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Basis | 第21-28页 |
| 3.1 Some Issues Concerning Chaos Theory | 第21-25页 |
| 3.1.1 Newtonian Determinism Thinking, the Clockwork Hegemony,Laplace’s Demon and Others | 第21-22页 |
| 3.1.2 Nonlinear Structure | 第22-24页 |
| 3.1.3 Strange Attractor and Fractal | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2 Main Characteristics of Chaos | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2.1 The Discontinuity of Chaos | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2.2 The Mobility of Chaos | 第26页 |
| 3.2.3 The Inclusiveness of Chaos | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ A Narratological Interpretation of Story of Your Life from the Perspectiveof Chaos Theory | 第28-55页 |
| 4.1 Hypertextual Narrative and Joint Points | 第28-45页 |
| 4.1.1 The Intricate Timelines within a Chaotic System | 第29-30页 |
| 4.1.2 Critical Joint Points Linking the Separate Timelines Together | 第30-41页 |
| 4.1.3 Absolute Time and Chaotic Times | 第41-44页 |
| 4.1.4 Interesting Chaotic Interactions among Four Timelines | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2 Dynamics of Narrative and Strange Attractors | 第45-55页 |
| 4.2.1 One R?ssler/Funnel Strange Attractor—Fermat’s Principle | 第45-49页 |
| 4.2.2 One Pair of Lorenz/Butterfly Strange Attractors—Human Languageand Semagram Language | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2.3 Another Pair of Lorenz/Butterfly Strange Attractors—Determinism andFree Will | 第50-53页 |
| 4.2.4 One Pair of Qi-Chen Strange Attractors—Louise and Her Daughter | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第55-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| 攻读硕士学位论文发表成果 | 第64页 |
