| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第8-18页 |
| 1.1 About Paul Auster and His Works | 第8-11页 |
| 1.2 About The Book of Illusion | 第11-14页 |
| 1.3 About Its Previous Study | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Theoretical Framework-Postmodernism and Indeterminacy | 第18-25页 |
| 2.1 Cultural and Philosophical Background of Postmodernism | 第18-21页 |
| 2.2 Characteristics of Postmodernism | 第21-23页 |
| 2.3 The Concept of Indeterminacy | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Indeterminacy Manifested From Three Aspects | 第25-48页 |
| 3.1 The Loss of Self in the Jungle of Postmodern Society | 第25-33页 |
| 3.1.1 The Indeterminacy of Identity | 第25-27页 |
| 3.1.2 The Non-Realization for Self | 第27-33页 |
| 3.2 Fictionality of Reality | 第33-39页 |
| 3.2.1 Fictional Nature of Text by Metafiction Narrative | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.2 Subjective Reality by Language Construction | 第34-37页 |
| 3.2.3 Blurring Boundaries between Fiction and Reality | 第37-39页 |
| 3.3 The Contigency of the World | 第39-48页 |
| 3.3.1 Auster's Thought about Coincidence | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3.2 Chance Events in the Fiction | 第41-44页 |
| 3.3.3 Parallels and Echoes in Narration | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| References | 第50-52页 |
