| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Lydia Davis and her short stories | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 Focus and structure of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| 2. Through Defamiliarized Nomination of Characters | 第16-24页 |
| 2.1 Defamiliarization in nomination of characters | 第16-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Using obscure references | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Naming characters after their ethical identities | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Causing readers to "experience" others' lives | 第21-24页 |
| 3. Through Defamiliarization in Point of View | 第24-29页 |
| 3.1 Internal focalization of a multi-identity female | 第24-27页 |
| 3.2 Helping readers to capture instantaneous feelings | 第27-29页 |
| 4. Through Defamiliarized Language | 第29-43页 |
| 4.1 Defamiliarization in language | 第29-39页 |
| 4.1.1 Extraordinarily frequent use of repetition | 第29-33页 |
| 4.1.2 Meticulous description | 第33-37页 |
| 4.1.3 Economy in words | 第37-39页 |
| 4.2 Enabling readers to adopt a new perspective to common things | 第39-43页 |
| 5. Through Defamiliarization in Plot | 第43-54页 |
| 5.1 Defamiliarization in plot | 第43-51页 |
| 5.1.1 Cutting a plot into fragmented pieces | 第43-46页 |
| 5.1.2 Alternating between unrelated plots | 第46-49页 |
| 5.1.3 Emphasizing the fictionality of the text | 第49-51页 |
| 5.2 Inducing readers to see the fragmentedness of the world | 第51-54页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-57页 |
