| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第10-22页 |
| 1.1 Jodi Picoult and Nineteen Minutes | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2.1 Literature review at home | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2.2 Literature review abroad | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Perspective | 第14-19页 |
| 1.4 The Significance and Layout of the Thesis | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Two THE ETHICAL PHENOMENA IN NINETEEN MINUTES | 第22-44页 |
| 2.1 Self-selection | 第22-30页 |
| 2.1.1 Ethical dilemma faced by Peter | 第23-26页 |
| 2.1.2 Moral struggle faced by Josie | 第26-30页 |
| 2.2 Family Ethical Value | 第30-35页 |
| 2.2.1 Unbalanced family relationship for Peter | 第30-33页 |
| 2.2.2 Alienated family relationship for Josie | 第33-35页 |
| 2.3 Social Ethical Environment | 第35-44页 |
| 2.3.1 Moral construction in adolescent world | 第36-39页 |
| 2.3.2 Ethical pursuit in adult world | 第39-44页 |
| Chapter Three THE NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES IN NINETEEN MINUTES | 第44-60页 |
| 3.1 Multiple Points of View in Nineteen Minutes | 第44-51页 |
| 3.1.1 The omniscient point of view | 第45-48页 |
| 3.1.2 The third-person limited point of view and the shifts of points of view | 第48-51页 |
| 3.2 Exquisite Arrangement of Temporal Structure in Nineteen Minutes | 第51-60页 |
| 3.2.1 Nonlinear time order | 第52-56页 |
| 3.2.2 Diverse narrative speed | 第56-60页 |
| Chapter Four NARRATOR’S INTERVENTION FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF ETHICAL CONNOTATION IN NINETEEN MINUTES | 第60-74页 |
| 4.1 The Omniscient Narrator’s Intervention to Discourse in Nineteen Minutes | 第60-66页 |
| 4.1.1 The omniscient narrator’s ethical intervention to discourse | 第61-64页 |
| 4.1.2 The ethical effects of narrator’s discourse intervention | 第64-66页 |
| 4.2 The Character Narrator’s Intervention to Story in Nineteen Minutes | 第66-74页 |
| 4.2.1 Character narrator’s ethical intervention to story | 第66-69页 |
| 4.2.2 The ethical effects of narrator’s story intervention | 第69-74页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第74-78页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第78-82页 |
| 附录： 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第82页 |
