| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第3-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-24页 |
| 1.1 Alice Sebold and The Lovely Bones | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review and Research Significance | 第13-17页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Framework | 第17-24页 |
| CHAPTER TWO REPRESENTATION OF TRAUMA THROUGHINSTABILITIES | 第24-40页 |
| 2.1 Susie’s Instabilities Represented in the Narrative Techniques | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2 Unstable Relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Salmon | 第28-34页 |
| 2.3 Lindsey and Buckley’s Difficult Growth against the Hostile Environment | 第34-40页 |
| CHAPTER THREE MEANS OF RECOVERY THROUGH TENSIONS | 第40-62页 |
| 3.1 Narrative Judgments upon Mr. Harvey: His Traumas and Death | 第41-48页 |
| 3.2 Narrative Judgments upon Abigail: Her departure and Return | 第48-54页 |
| 3.3 Narrative Judgments upon Lindsey: Death, Growth and the Cycle of Life | 第54-62页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第62-66页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第66-68页 |