| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-10页 |
| 1. Literature Review on The Shadow-line | 第10-17页 |
| ·Thematic significance of The Shadow-line | 第10-13页 |
| ·The position of The Shadow-line in Conrad's writing career | 第13-17页 |
| 2. Conradian Narrative | 第17-21页 |
| ·The significance of the study of Conradian narrative | 第17-19页 |
| ·Some characteristic features of Coradian narrative | 第19-20页 |
| ·The relationship between Conradian narrative and his fiction | 第20-21页 |
| 3. Narrative features of The Shadow-Line | 第21-52页 |
| ·Narrative features of the beginning of The Shadow-Line | 第25-28页 |
| ·Thematic and narrative unity in the first two chapters of The Shadow-Line | 第28-35页 |
| ·Thematic significance of the first two chapters | 第28-30页 |
| ·Thematic and narrative unity of the first two chapters | 第30-35页 |
| ·Narrative immediacy and directness of The Shadow-line | 第35-42页 |
| ·Variation of narrative distance in The Shadow-line and its unity with thematic exploration | 第35-38页 |
| ·Narrative immediacy of the description of setting and scenery in The Shadow-line | 第38-40页 |
| ·Narrative features and significance of two extracts of diary in The Shadow-line | 第40-42页 |
| ·The effects of first-person narrative on characterization | 第42-50页 |
| ·Characterization of the narrator-protagonist | 第43-45页 |
| ·Characterization of other characters | 第45-50页 |
| ·Irony in The Shadow-Line | 第50-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-55页 |
