| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-32页 |
| 1.1 Vladimir Nabokov and His The Real Life of Sebastian Knight | 第12-15页 |
| 1.1.1 Vladimir Nabokov and his literary achievement | 第12-14页 |
| 1.1.2 An introduction to The Real Life of Sebastian Knight | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第15-23页 |
| 1.2.1 Literature review abroad | 第15-19页 |
| 1.2.2 Literature review at home | 第19-23页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Perspective | 第23-28页 |
| 1.3.1 The double | 第24-26页 |
| 1.3.2 Gnosticism and the concepts of“this world,”“the other world,”“the alien”and the Gnostic salvation | 第26-28页 |
| 1.4 The Significance and the Layout of the Thesis | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Two DOUBLES OF THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIANKNIGHT | 第32-50页 |
| 2.1 Sebastian and V. as Doubles | 第32-38页 |
| 2.1.1“The bonds between us” | 第33-35页 |
| 2.1.2“The other in I” | 第35-38页 |
| 2.2 V.’s Double: Mr. Goodman | 第38-44页 |
| 2.2.1 Mr. Goodman as a rival of V | 第39-42页 |
| 2.2.2 Mr. Goodman as the projection of V.’s anxiety | 第42-44页 |
| 2.3 Sebastian’s Doubles: Virginia Knight, Clare Bishop and Nina Rechnoy | 第44-50页 |
| 2.3.1 Virginia Knight: the second self of Sebastian | 第44-46页 |
| 2.3.2 Clare Bishop and Nina Rechnoy: two conflicting doubles of Sebastian | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter Three THE DOUBLE AND“THIS WORLD”IN THE REALLIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT | 第50-68页 |
| 3.1“This World”as a Dark Labyrinth in the Novel | 第50-58页 |
| 3.1.1 Foreign cities in the eyes: hellish scenes of“this world” | 第51-53页 |
| 3.1.2 The“radish”on this shore: literary symbol of“this world” | 第53-56页 |
| 3.1.3 The“broken watch”in your hand: temporal traps of“this world” | 第56-58页 |
| 3.2 The Double Living in“This World”of The Real Life of Sebastian Knight | 第58-68页 |
| 3.2.1 The double as“the alien” | 第58-61页 |
| 3.2.2 Lost doubles in“this world” | 第61-64页 |
| 3.2.3 Awakening doubles in“this world” | 第64-68页 |
| Chapter Four THE DOUBLE AND“THE OTHER WORLD”IN THEREAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT | 第68-84页 |
| 4.1“The Other World”as a Light Vista in This Novel | 第68-77页 |
| 4.1.1 St. Petersburg in the heart: mundane symbol of“the other world” | 第69-71页 |
| 4.1.2 The asphodel on the other shore: literary symbol of“the other world” | 第71-74页 |
| 4.1.3 Timeless Time in the text: temporal symbol of“the other world” | 第74-77页 |
| 4.2 The Double’s Spiritual Unity in“the Other World” | 第77-84页 |
| 4.2.1 Sebastian’s salvation up to“the other world”through“gnosis” | 第78-81页 |
| 4.2.2 V.’s salvation up to“the other world”through“gnosis” | 第81-84页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第84-88页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第88-94页 |
| 附录： 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第94页 |
