| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·James Joyce and His Work, Dubliners | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Questions and Literature Review | 第14-16页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two A Definition of Sympathy | 第18-25页 |
| ·Sympathy as a Mechanism of Engagement | 第18-20页 |
| ·Sympathy in the Process of Reading | 第20-21页 |
| ·Sympathy Signifying Speculation | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Three Control of Sympathy in Stories with Ordinary Protagonists | 第25-53页 |
| ·First-person Narration | 第25-37页 |
| ·Sympathy in “The Sisters” | 第26-31页 |
| ·Sympathy in “Araby” | 第31-37页 |
| ·Third-person Narration | 第37-53页 |
| ·Sympathy in “Eveline” | 第38-43页 |
| ·Sympathy in “A Little Cloud” | 第43-48页 |
| ·Sympathy in “Grace” | 第48-53页 |
| Chapter Four Control of Sympathy in Stories with Unfavorable Protagonists | 第53-62页 |
| ·Sympathy in “Two Gallants” | 第53-56页 |
| ·Sympathy in “A Painful Case” | 第56-62页 |
| Chapter Five Sympathy in “The Dead”, the Fitting Conclusion | 第62-67页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| Works Cited | 第69-70页 |
