| Acknowledgments | 第1-6页 |
| 致谢 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Table of contents | 第9-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第12-22页 |
| ·The Author and the Novel | 第13-15页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第15-20页 |
| ·Research Significance and Layout of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| 2 A Narrative Semiotic Analysis of The Plot—The Discursive Level | 第22-33页 |
| ·The Voice of “Roth the Child” | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Voice of “Roth the Adult” | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Voice of “Roth the Historian” | 第31-33页 |
| 3 A Narrative Semiotic Analysis of The Plot—The Narrative Level | 第33-46页 |
| ·Roth the Child—Young Roth as the Protagonist | 第35-37页 |
| ·Roth the Adult—the Family as the Protagonist | 第37-42页 |
| ·Roth the Historian—Lindbergh as the Protagonist | 第42-46页 |
| 4 A Narrative Semiotic Analysis of The Plot—The Thematic Level | 第46-56页 |
| ·Semiotic Square of “Fear” and “Ease” | 第47-50页 |
| ·Semiotic Square of “War” and “Peace” | 第50-52页 |
| ·Semiotic Square of “Fascism” and “Democracy” | 第52-56页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| References | 第58-61页 |
| Author Resume | 第61-63页 |
| Thesis Data Collection | 第63页 |
