| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-24页 |
| ·Ian McEwan's life and career | 第11-12页 |
| ·Atonement and Literature Review | 第12-17页 |
| ·Spatial Criticism | 第17-24页 |
| 2. Growth in Enclosed Physical Spaces | 第24-29页 |
| ·Childhood in a secluded country estate | 第24-26页 |
| ·Adolescence in a confined wartime hospital | 第26-29页 |
| 3. Growth in Isolated Social Spaces | 第29-38页 |
| ·Growth without guidance from parents | 第30-32页 |
| ·Growth without communication with siblings | 第32-35页 |
| ·Growth without understanding of the adults' experience world | 第35-38页 |
| 4. Growth in Lonely Mental Spaces | 第38-45页 |
| ·Little Briony's enchantment with the imaginary world in literature | 第38-40页 |
| ·Young Briony's struggle in making atonement alone | 第40-42页 |
| ·Old Briony's maturity in admitting her fictitious end of Atonement | 第42-45页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第45-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-50页 |
