| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract（Chinese) | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract（English) | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One A Brief Introduction to Sartre'sConcept of Existential Freedom and John Fowles' Philosophical Thoughts | 第11-17页 |
| 1．1 Ageneral intr oduction to existentialism | 第11-12页 |
| 1．2 Sartre's concept of existential freedom | 第12-14页 |
| 1．3 John Fowles and hisphilosophical thoughts | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two The Expression of the Theme of Existential Freedom in The French Lieutenant's Woman | 第17-30页 |
| 1．1 Introduction | 第17页 |
| 1．2 Asummary of current literary views | 第17-18页 |
| 1．3 Anxiety for freedom | 第18-24页 |
| 1．4 Free choices and actions | 第24-27页 |
| 1．5 Resp onsibilities of Sarah and Charles | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three The Changes of the RolesoftheAuthor,Character and Reader in Realist and Postmodernist Texts | 第30-33页 |
| 1．1 Realisttext and therolesoftheauthor,character and reader in it | 第30-32页 |
| 1．2 Deconstruction's theory of language and therolesoftheauthor,character and reader in postmodernist text | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Four Postmodern Narrative Techniquesin The French Lieutenant's Woman and Their Embodiments of the Theme of Existential Freedom | 第33-47页 |
| 1．1 Introduction | 第34页 |
| 1．2 Three postmodern narrativet echniques and theirem bodim ents of the theme | 第34-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第47-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48页 |
