| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Juxtapositional Narrative Strands | 第18-33页 |
| A. Christmas’s Story: A Mysterious and Isolated Soul | 第18-26页 |
| B. The Story of Lena: The Grandeur of Natural Humanity | 第26-28页 |
| C. The Story of Hightower: A Self-obsession and Self-revival Tramp | 第28-33页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Multifunctional Voice Structure | 第33-53页 |
| A. Voice as Announcement of Reality | 第34-41页 |
| B. Voice as Revelatory of Characters | 第41-53页 |
| Chapter ⅢContinuous Narrative Time | 第53-67页 |
| A. Past to Present Time | 第53-61页 |
| 1. Past Intruding into Present: Christmas’ Confusion about Identity | 第54-57页 |
| 2. Past Prevailing into Present: Hightower’s Infatuation with the past | 第57-59页 |
| 3. Past Inserting into Present: Lena’s Searching Road | 第59-61页 |
| B. From the Present to the future time | 第61-67页 |
| 1. A Brand New Spirit: Hightower’s Self-realization and Self- salvation | 第62-64页 |
| 2. The Forward Journey: Lena’s Productive and Promising Future Life | 第64-67页 |
| Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| Notes | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-75页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第75-76页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的科研成果清单 | 第76-77页 |
