| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Table of Contents | 第5-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-19页 |
| ·Jia Pingwa and Theodore Dreiser | 第7-10页 |
| ·Gao Xing and Sister Carrie | 第10-14页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第14-17页 |
| ·Literature Review of Gao Xing | 第14-15页 |
| ·Literature Review of Sister Carrie | 第15-16页 |
| ·Literature Review of Comparative Studies upon the Two Novels | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two The Foundations of the Comparative Study | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Similarities between the Two above Novelists | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Similarities between the Two above Novels | 第22-27页 |
| ·Similar Settings-Metropolis Life during Transitional Period | 第23-25页 |
| ·Similar Status of the Protagonists | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Structuralist Narratology and Tzvetan Todorov | 第27-35页 |
| ·Structuralist Narratology and Its Basic Assumptions | 第27-29页 |
| ·Tzvetan Todorov's Narrative Theory | 第29-35页 |
| ·A Panorama View of Tzvetan Todorov's Narrative Theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Contributions and Significances of Tzvetan Todorov's Narrative Theory | 第30-33页 |
| ·Summary of Todorov's Narrative Theory | 第33页 |
| ·The Implementations of Todorov's Narrative Theory upon the Comparative Study of Novels | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four A Comparative Study of the Two Novels from the Perspectiveof Structuralist Narratology | 第35-51页 |
| ·The Hypothesis of Narrative Syntaxes in Gao Xing and Sister Carrie | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Analysis of Narrative Syntax in Gao Xing:"Seek-Never Get Happiness" | 第36-39页 |
| ·To Seek Vainly for an Identity of City Resident | 第36-37页 |
| ·To Seek Vainly for Someone Who Owns One of the Protagonist's Kidneys | 第37-38页 |
| ·To Seek Vainly for an Ideal Wife | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39页 |
| ·The Analysis of Narrative Syntax in Sister Carrie:"Seek-Get-Lose Happiness" | 第39-45页 |
| ·To Seek Vainly for an Honest Living in the City | 第39-40页 |
| ·To Seek Vainly for a Comfortable Life in the City | 第40-41页 |
| ·To Seek Vainly for a Decent Marriage in the City | 第41-43页 |
| ·To Seek Vainly for Self-fulfillment on the Stage | 第43-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Affinity of Narrative Syntaxes between Gao Xing and Sister Carrie | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Common Narrative Mode Shared by the Two Novels | 第45页 |
| ·A Denial and Negative of the Traditional Pursuit Pattern | 第45-46页 |
| ·A Sense of Drifting in the City Life Reflected from Both the Narrative Syntaxes | 第46-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第51-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间取得的学术成果 | 第57-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58-59页 |
