| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One Plot and Narrative Structure | 第14-26页 |
| ·Introduction to the Simple Plot of Moby-Dick | 第14-16页 |
| ·Tree Structure and Its Wide Covering of Knowledge | 第16-22页 |
| ·Suspense and Foreshadowing—Tension of the Novel | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Two The Narrator and His Degree of Perceptibility | 第26-45页 |
| ·Interaction of Narrating Self and Experiencing Self | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Unreliability of Ishmael | 第31-35页 |
| ·Different Narrative Voices | 第35-45页 |
| Chapter Three Shifting Focalizations and Their Effects | 第45-54页 |
| ·Zero Focalization and Its Supreme Narrative Authority | 第45-48页 |
| ·Internal Focalization and Its Restriction of Narrative Authority | 第48-52页 |
| ·External Focalization and Its Mystery | 第52-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Notes | 第56-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65-66页 |