| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| 1. Geoffrey Chaucer and His Works | 第8-9页 |
| 2. The Topic and Task of This Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| ChapterⅠ Critical Review of Chaucer Study | 第11-19页 |
| ·Overview of Chaucer Criticism in the West | 第11-16页 |
| ·Study on Chaucer’s Early Works | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ The Inheritor—The Book of the Duchess and Medieval Literary Conventions | 第19-26页 |
| ·Inheritance From French Courtly Love | 第19-23页 |
| ·Inheritance From Medieval Dream Vision | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Innovator—the Originality of The Book of the Duchess | 第26-38页 |
| ·Chaucer’s Narrative Art | 第26-30页 |
| ·Chaucer’s Realism in The Book of the Duchess | 第30-33页 |
| ·Chaucer’s Innovation on English Poetic Language | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter IV The Continuation From The Book of the Duchess to The Canterbury Tales | 第38-45页 |
| ·The Continuation of Themes | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Continuation of Narrative Techniques | 第42-45页 |
| Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-51页 |
