| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abbreviations | 第6-7页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| Chapter One Understanding Minimalism | 第19-28页 |
| ·Carver’s Minimalist Sensibility | 第19-22页 |
| ·Understanding Minimalism | 第22-26页 |
| ·Carver’s Revisions and the Trajectory of His Aesthetics | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two The Magic of Carver’s Minimalism | 第28-44页 |
| ·The Fallacy of Intelligibility | 第29-30页 |
| ·“The Bath”: A Model Text for Minimalism | 第30-37页 |
| ·“A Small, Good Thing”: Intelligibility at the Cost of Minimalism | 第37-44页 |
| Chapter Three Reconsidering Carver’s “Evolution” | 第44-55页 |
| ·Minimalist Aesthetics in “Water”I | 第45-50页 |
| ·Minimalist Aesthetics in “Water”II | 第50-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Works Cited | 第57-60页 |
