| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| 1.1 Julian Barnes and His The Sense of an Ending | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Fredric Jameson and Hyperspace | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第15-20页 |
| Chapter 2 The Spatial Metaphor Represented in Images | 第20-28页 |
| 2.1 The Watch—the Subjective Time and History | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 The Wobbly Bridge—the Connections between the Past and the Present | 第22-24页 |
| 2.3 The Pub—the Consumption Space to Escape Loneliness | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter 3 The Fractured Memories Represented through Pastiche | 第28-45页 |
| 3.1 The Six Memory Fragments at the Beginning of the Novel | 第28-32页 |
| 3.2 The Different Memories about the Same Events | 第32-42页 |
| 3.2.1 Tony's Visit to Veronica's Family | 第32-35页 |
| 3.2.2 The Last Correspondences between Tony and Adrian | 第35-39页 |
| 3.2.3 Watching Severn Bore | 第39-40页 |
| 3.2.4 The Memories about the Chronological Order of Breakup | 第40-42页 |
| 3.3 The Causes of Discrepant Memories | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter 4 The Meaning of the“End”in Hyperspace | 第45-64页 |
| 4.1 The End of Individual | 第45-53页 |
| 4.1.1 The Suicide of Robson and Adrian | 第45-51页 |
| 4.1.2 The Demise of Tony's Old Self | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2 The Collapsed Contemporary Cultural Spirit | 第53-59页 |
| 4.2.1 The Loss of the Sense of History | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2.2 The Failure of Traditional Logical Thinking Mode | 第55-59页 |
| 4.3 Cognitive Mapping to Individual Self-position | 第59-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文及其它成果 | 第69-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70页 |
