| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Thomas Pynchon and His Works | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-23页 |
| 2.1 Studies on Thomas Pynchon and His Works Abroad | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2 Studies on Thomas Pynchon and His Works at Home | 第19-23页 |
| Chapter Three THE STRATEGIC TEMPORAL NARRATIVE | 第23-40页 |
| 3.1 Order:Anachronies of Story Time | 第23-28页 |
| 3.1.1 Analepses | 第23-25页 |
| 3.1.2 Prolepses | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2 Frequency:the Relations of Repetition between the Narrative and Diegesis | 第28-32页 |
| 3.2.1 Singulative and iterative narrative | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2.2 Repetitive narrative | 第30-32页 |
| 3.3 Duration:Anisochronies of Duration of Narrative and Story | 第32-40页 |
| 3.3.1 Summary narrative | 第32-34页 |
| 3.3.2 Scene narrative | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.3 Ellipsis narrative | 第35-38页 |
| 3.3.4 Pause narrative | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four THE STRATEGIC SPATIAL NARRATIVE | 第40-58页 |
| 4.1 The Skipping of the Story Spaces | 第41-49页 |
| 4.1.1 The skipping between historical spaces and actual spaces | 第41-45页 |
| 4.1.2 The skipping of different places in actual spaces | 第45-47页 |
| 4.1.3 The relations between the actual spaces and Oedipa’s psychologicalspace | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2 The Complexity of Oedipa’s Psychological Space | 第49-58页 |
| 4.2.1 The emotional loneliness and helplessness | 第49-52页 |
| 4.2.2 The spiritual impoverishment | 第52-55页 |
| 4.2.3 The anxiety for the unknown future | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter Five JUXTAPOSITION:THE INTERACTIONS OF TEMPORAL ANDSPATIAL NARRATIVE | 第58-71页 |
| 5.1 Plot Juxtaposition | 第58-64页 |
| 5.1.1 The diversification and richness of characters | 第59-61页 |
| 5.1.2 The co-occurrence and overlap of events | 第61-64页 |
| 5.2 Ending Juxtaposition | 第64-71页 |
| 5.2.1 The possibility of various fruitless outcomes for Oedipa | 第65-67页 |
| 5.2.2 The revelation of an indeterminate post-modern society | 第67-71页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第71-74页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第74-75页 |
