| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| ·Raymond Carver and His Major Works | 第8-9页 |
| ·Study Significance | 第9-10页 |
| ·Literature Review of Raymond Carver at Home and Abroad | 第10-12页 |
| ·Structures of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Narrative Person and Focalization in Raymond Carver’s Short Stories | 第14-28页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis | 第14-15页 |
| ·First-person Narrator with Internal Focalization | 第15-18页 |
| ·Third-person Narrator with Zero Focalization | 第18-20页 |
| ·Third-person with Internal Focalization | 第20-25页 |
| ·Fixed Internal Focalization | 第21-23页 |
| ·Variable Internal Focalization | 第23-25页 |
| ·Third-person with External Focalization | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Narrative Time in Raymond Carver’s Short Stories | 第28-39页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of Narrative Time | 第28-29页 |
| ·Order | 第29-32页 |
| ·Duration | 第32-37页 |
| ·Frequency | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Studies of Ending in Raymond Carver’s Short Stories | 第39-52页 |
| ·The Studies of Ending | 第39-40页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis | 第40-41页 |
| ·Closed Ending | 第41-45页 |
| ·Openness in Story Level, Closeness in Discourse Level | 第45-48页 |
| ·Openness in Discourse Level, Closeness in Story Level | 第48-50页 |
| ·Open Ending | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第52-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-56页 |
| Papers Published During the Study for M. A. Degree | 第56-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57-58页 |