| 中文摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-18页 |
| 1.1 Background information | 第7-10页 |
| 1.1.1 Nabokov as a scientist-novelist | 第7-9页 |
| 1.1.2 Nabokov as a secret believer of the “otherworld” | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Research review on Lolita | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2.1 Studies on Lolita abroad | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2.2 Studies on Lolita at home | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 The theories of mimesis | 第12-16页 |
| 1.3.1 Previous scholars’ theories of mimesis | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3.2 Nabokov’s philosophy of mimesis | 第13-16页 |
| 1.4 Purpose and layout of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Lolita’s First Identity as a Mimic of Nabokov’s Blue Butterfly | 第18-38页 |
| 2.1 Morphological and behavioral traits: Lolita as a blue butterfly | 第18-27页 |
| 2.1.1 Color | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Downy hair | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Basking | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.4 Camouflage | 第23-27页 |
| 2.2 Physiological traits: Lolita as a metamorphic butterfly | 第27-38页 |
| 2.2.1 Lolita as a pupa | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2.2 Lolita as an early-emerged butterfly | 第31-33页 |
| 2.2.3 Lolita as an aging butterfly | 第33-34页 |
| 2.2.4 Lolita as a short-lived butterfly | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Three Lolita’s Second Identity as an Incarnation of Nabokov’s “Otherworld” | 第38-49页 |
| 3.1 Lolita as a mirror image of Nabokov’s blue butterfly | 第38-40页 |
| 3.1.1 Transient but immortal: Lolita as a fey butterfly fairy | 第38-39页 |
| 3.1.2 Secluded in eternity: Lolita as a blue butterfly specimen | 第39-40页 |
| 3.2 Butterfly as a mirror image of Nabokov’s“otherworld” | 第40-45页 |
| 3.2.1 Butterflies’ time-travel route: a guide to the lost paradise | 第40-43页 |
| 3.2.2 Butterflies’ resurrection symbol: a window to the eternal afterlife | 第43-45页 |
| 3.3 Lolita as a mirror image of Nabokov’s“otherworld” | 第45-49页 |
| 3.3.1 The iceberg structure in Lolita: the fictional world as a mimic of the “otherworld” | 第45-46页 |
| 3.3.2 The struggle out of the prison of time: Lolita as a guiding angel to the “otherworld” | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusions | 第49-53页 |
| 4.1 Major findings | 第49-51页 |
| 4.1.1 Lolita as the solution to Nabokov’s double-level puzzle game | 第49-50页 |
| 4.1.2 The significance of the novel Lolita | 第50页 |
| 4.1.3 Nabokov’s writing philosophy reflected in Lolita | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2 Limitations & future research | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-56页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间科研成果 | 第56页 |
