| Acknowledgments | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| 1.1 Jennifer Egan and Her Major Works | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 The Status Quo of the Related Research | 第14-18页 |
| 1.3 Significance and Frame Work of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Henri Bergson’s Theory of Duration | 第20-26页 |
| 2.1 The Concept of Duration | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 The Past, Present, and Future in Duration | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Three Robert’s Tragedy: Being a Slave to the Past | 第26-35页 |
| 3.1 An Isolated Individual Living on the Edge of Reality | 第26-29页 |
| 3.2 Robert's Getting Lost in Duration | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2.1 Unable to perceive the change | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2.2 Infatuation with the past | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3 The Tragic End: Robert's Death in Reliving the Past | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Four Sasha and Scotty: A Shift in Time Consciousness | 第35-43页 |
| 4.1 Their Being Trapped in the Present | 第35-39页 |
| 4.1.1 Sasha: Suffering from kleptomania | 第36-37页 |
| 4.1.2 Scotty: Confused and skeptical about changes | 第37-39页 |
| 4.2 The Way of Salvation: Reconnecting past with present | 第39-43页 |
| 4.2.1 Sasha: Recalling her past in memory | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2.2 Scotty: Insisting on music in life | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five Bennie’s Balanced Life Journey in Duration | 第43-50页 |
| 5.1 Accepting Aging and Adapting to Changes | 第43-45页 |
| 5.2 Retaining Memory | 第45-47页 |
| 5.3 Keeping Living Forward | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第50-54页 |
| Works Cited | 第54-57页 |
| Publications during MA Study | 第57页 |
