| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-19页 |
| 1.1 Overview of Bernard Malamud and The Assistant | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THEORETICAL SUPPORT | 第19-23页 |
| 2.1 The Origin and Development of Structuralism | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2 Key Concepts of Structuralism in the Thesis | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2.1 Binary Opposition | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.2 Todorov's Narrative "Grammar" | 第22-23页 |
| CHPTER THREE BINARY OPPOSITION IN THE CHARACTERS OF THE ASSISTANT | 第23-39页 |
| 3.1 Binary Opposition in the dispositions of Frank | 第23-31页 |
| 3.1.1 Morality vs Immorality | 第23-26页 |
| 3.1.2 Hopefulness vs Hopelessness | 第26-30页 |
| 3.1.3 Spiritual Value vs Material Value | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2 Binary Opposition in the Relationships of Frank with Others | 第31-39页 |
| 3.2.1 Father vs Son | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2.2 Man vs Woman | 第33-36页 |
| 3.2.3 Jew vs Non-Jew | 第36-39页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR "SEEK AND FIND" VS "SEEK AND LEARN" GRAMMAR IN THEASSISTANT | 第39-46页 |
| 4.1 Financial Improvement | 第39-42页 |
| 4.2 Higher Education | 第42-44页 |
| 4.3 True Love | 第44-46页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE TRIANGLE PATTERNS OF FRANK'S ACTION IN THE ASSISTANT | 第46-58页 |
| 5.1 Three Stages of Frank's Development in Morality | 第46-50页 |
| 5.1.1 The Stage of Crime | 第46-47页 |
| 5.1.2 The Stage of Remorse | 第47-48页 |
| 5.1.3 The Stage of Redemption | 第48-50页 |
| 5.2 Three Stages of Frank's Development in Love | 第50-54页 |
| 5.2.1 Finding Love | 第50-51页 |
| 5.2.2 Losing Love | 第51-52页 |
| 5.2.3 Seeking for Love | 第52-54页 |
| 5.3 Three Stages of Frank's Development in Identity | 第54-58页 |
| 5.3.1 Frank's Finding of Identity | 第54-55页 |
| 5.3.2 Frank's Losing of Identity | 第55-56页 |
| 5.3.3 Frank's Seeking for Identity | 第56-58页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第58-60页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第60-62页 |
