| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| 0.1 Kazuo Ishiguro and A Pale View of Hills | 第9-12页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review | 第12-15页 |
| 0.3 Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter One:Irony:A Theoretical Framework | 第16-25页 |
| 1.1.Development of the Concept of Irony | 第16-18页 |
| 1.2.Definition of Irony | 第18-21页 |
| 1.3.Classification of irony | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Two Verbal Irony in A Pale View of Hills | 第25-32页 |
| 2.1 Verbal Irony in Understatement | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2 Verbal Irony in Monologues and Specific Words | 第27-30页 |
| 2.3 The Function of Verbal Irony in the Novel | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Situational Irony in A Pale View of Hills | 第32-41页 |
| 3.1 Contrast between Character’s Expectation and Actual Situation | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2 Outcome of Events Departing from Reader’s Expectation | 第34-36页 |
| 3.3 The Function of Situational Irony in the Novel | 第36-41页 |
| Chapter Four Structural Irony in A Pale View of Hills | 第41-49页 |
| 4.1 Unreliable Narration in the Novel | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2 The Application of Structural Irony in the Novel | 第43-46页 |
| 4.3 The Function of Structural Irony in the Novel | 第46-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54-55页 |
| About the Author | 第55页 |
