| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| ·The influence and status of Charles Dickens as a writer | 第9-10页 |
| ·Literature review on David Copperfield | 第10-12页 |
| ·The focus of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·The rationale of the thesis | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter I Restlessness in David Copperfield | 第16-22页 |
| ·Physical motion | 第16-17页 |
| ·Mental agitation | 第17-20页 |
| ·Resulting from fear | 第17-18页 |
| ·Resulting from hatred | 第18-19页 |
| ·Resulting from guilt | 第19-20页 |
| ·Social Mobility | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter II How restlessness is felt in David Copperfield | 第22-33页 |
| ·Fitful rhythm | 第22-26页 |
| ·Triadic adjectives | 第22-24页 |
| ·Oscillation among forms | 第24-26页 |
| ·Oscillation between past and present | 第26-29页 |
| ·Violation of Conversational Maxims | 第27-28页 |
| ·Analepsis and prolepsis | 第28-29页 |
| ·Control of distance | 第29-33页 |
| ·The limited consciousness | 第29-30页 |
| ·The reorientation of feeling | 第30-31页 |
| ·Temptation and surprise | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter III Why does restlessness exist in David Copperfield | 第33-39页 |
| ·Fluctuating reader response | 第33页 |
| ·The instability and inextricability of memory | 第33-34页 |
| ·Conflicts among many selves | 第34-36页 |
| ·Incompatibility of self and society | 第36-39页 |
| Conclusion | 第39-43页 |
| 1. Verification of the purpose | 第39页 |
| 2. Problems for further study | 第39-43页 |
| Bibliography | 第43-44页 |
