| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-11页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第11-19页 |
| Chapter One THE NARRATORS IN SMALL WORLD | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Omniscient Extradiegetic Narrator | 第19-24页 |
| ·Characters as Intradiegetic Narrators:Swallow and Joy | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Two THE NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVES IN SMALL WORLD | 第27-34页 |
| ·The Narrative Perspectives on the First Narrative | 第27-31页 |
| ·Swallow's First Person Retrospective Narrative Perspectives | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter Three THE NARRATIVE TIME OF SMALL WORLD | 第34-45页 |
| ·Order:External and Internal Analepses | 第34-38页 |
| ·Duration:Comic Scenes | 第38-41页 |
| ·Frequency:Repetition of Imageries,Actions and Events | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Four THE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OF SMALL WORLD | 第45-53页 |
| ·Chronological Structure and Juxtaposition of Space | 第45-49页 |
| ·Deep Structure:Dualism of Spiritual and Material Values | 第49-53页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第53-56页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第56-59页 |
| PUBLICATIONS | 第59页 |