| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-17页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Edgar Allen Poe’s Horror Stories | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Critical Review of Poe’s Horror Stories | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 Research Question, Research Significance, and Methodology | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO BOOTH AND PHELAN’S THEORY OF UNRELIABLE NARRATION | 第17-23页 |
| 2.1 Introduction to the Development of the Theory of Unreliable Narration | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 Booth’s Theory of Unreliable Narration | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3 Phelan’s Theory of Unreliable Narration | 第19-23页 |
| 2.3.1 Phelan’s Idea about the Third Axis of Unreliable Narration | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.2 Phelan’s Idea of Six Subtypes along Three Axes | 第21-23页 |
| CHAPTER THREE UNRELIABLE NARRATION IN THE TELL-TALE HEART | 第23-37页 |
| 3.1 The Protagonist’s Unreliability along the Axis of Facts/Events | 第23-28页 |
| 3.2 The Protagonist’s Unreliability along the Axis of Knowledge/Perception | 第28-32页 |
| 3.3 Ethical Concern of the Implied Author in The Tell-Tale Heart | 第32-37页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR UNRELIALBE NARRATION IN THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO | 第37-54页 |
| 4.1 Montresor’s Unreliability along the Axis of Events and the Axis of Ethics | 第37-42页 |
| 4.2 Unreliable Narration and Irony in The Cask of Amontillado | 第42-49页 |
| 4.2.1 Dramatic Irony and Unreliable Narration | 第43-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Verbal Irony and Unreliable Narration | 第46-49页 |
| 4.3 Reliable Narration with Awakening Conscience of the Unreliable Narrator | 第49-51页 |
| 4.4 Poe’s Anti-“Crime and Punishment” Ending | 第51-54页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第54-56页 |
| WORKS CITIED | 第56-57页 |
