| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 中文提要 | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One:Introduction | 第11-24页 |
| ·The Dilemma in Iris Murdoch Criticism | 第11-12页 |
| ·"Good Art" and "Free Characters" | 第12-15页 |
| ·Narrative Labyrinths and Justifications | 第15-18页 |
| ·Critical Methods | 第18-19页 |
| ·Why Under the Net,The Black Prince,and The Book and the Brotherhood? | 第19-24页 |
| Chapter Two:Under the Net,the Labyrinthine Wandering World | 第24-35页 |
| ·Jake's Trying-Failure-Trying Relationships | 第24-29页 |
| ·Labyrinthine Spaces in Under the Net | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Mysterious Labyrinthine World | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Three:The Black Prince,the Labyrinthine Framing Narrative | 第35-45页 |
| ·The Path to Julian in The Black Prince-A Celebration of Love | 第35-38页 |
| ·Narrative Contestation in The Black Prince | 第38-45页 |
| Chapter Four:The Book and the Brotherhood,the Perfect Narrative Labyrinth | 第45-62页 |
| ·Universally-Related Relationships in The Book and the Brotherhood | 第45-51页 |
| ·Roundabout Narrative Sequences | 第51-54页 |
| ·Degrees of Freedom | 第54-62页 |
| Concluding Remarks | 第62-68页 |
| Works Cited | 第68-70页 |
