| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-14页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1 Julian Barnes and His Works | 第14-16页 |
| 1.2 Introduction to The Sense of an Ending | 第16-18页 |
| 1.3 The Layout of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-25页 |
| 2.1 Studies Abroad | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Studies at Home | 第22-25页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第25-33页 |
| 3.1 Ethics and Ethical Literary Criticism | 第25-27页 |
| 3.2 Moral Criticism and Ethical Literary Criticism | 第27-29页 |
| 3.3 Ethical Literary Criticism | 第29-33页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ TENSE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HUMAN AND SOCIETY | 第33-42页 |
| 4.1 Social Ethics: Ethical Predicament of Society | 第34-36页 |
| 4.2 Sexual Ethics: Ethical Confusion between Love and Sex | 第36-42页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ ESTRANGED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HUMAN AND HUMAN | 第42-49页 |
| 5.1 Alienated Relationship between Adrian and His Mother | 第43-44页 |
| 5.2 Unintimate Relationship between Tony and His Families | 第44-46页 |
| 5.3 Disharmonious Relationship between Adrian and Others | 第46-49页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅵ ALOOF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HUMAN AND SELF | 第49-62页 |
| 6.1 Tony's Loss of Ethical Consciousness | 第49-54页 |
| 6.2 Tony's Awakening | 第54-62页 |
| 6.2.1 Remorse for the Past | 第55-58页 |
| 6.2.2 Apology to Veronica | 第58-59页 |
| 6.2.3 Sympathy with Others’ Death | 第59-62页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅶ CONCLUSION | 第62-64页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第64-66页 |
