| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| 1.1 Doris Lessing and Her Works | 第9-13页 |
| 1.2 Gérard Genette’s Narrative Theories | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter Two Dislocated Narrative Tense in The Diaries | 第19-35页 |
| 2.1 Time Order: Linear Narrative Order | 第19-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Flashback of The Diaries | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.2 Flash-forward of The Diaries | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2 Time Duration: Unequal Time Span | 第24-29页 |
| 2.2.1 Summary and Scene of The Diaries | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Pause and Ellipsis of The Diaries | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3 Time Frequency: The Relations of Events and Statement | 第29-35页 |
| 2.3.1 Singular Narrative of The Diaries | 第30-32页 |
| 2.3.2 Repeating Narrative of The Diaries | 第32-33页 |
| 2.3.3 Iterative Narrative of The Diaries | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Multiple Narrative Mood in The Diaries | 第35-41页 |
| 3.1 Zero Focalization in The Diaries | 第36-38页 |
| 3.2 Internal Focalization in The Diaries | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Four Various Narrative Voices in The Diaries | 第41-47页 |
| 4.1 Intra- and Homodiegetic Narrator | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 Reliable and Unreliable Narrator | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-52页 |
