| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Writing Background | 第12-21页 |
| ·Writing Background for Liao Zhai Tales | 第12-16页 |
| ·Writing Background for A Rose for Emily | 第16-21页 |
| Chapter Two The Plot | 第21-33页 |
| ·Grotesque and Horror in Liao Zhai Tales | 第21-29页 |
| ·Liao Zhai Tales and Chinese Zhi Guai Fiction | 第22-23页 |
| ·Grotesque in Liao Zhai Tales | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Aesthetic Effects of Grotesque in Liao Zhai Tales | 第26-28页 |
| ·Horror in Liao Zhai Tales | 第28-29页 |
| ·Grotesque and Horror in A Rose for Emily | 第29-33页 |
| ·William Faulkner and the Gothic Novel | 第29-30页 |
| ·A Rose for Emily and the Gothic Novel | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three Narrative Point of View | 第33-46页 |
| ·Kinds of Narrative Point of View | 第34-43页 |
| ·Use of First-person Point of View | 第34-38页 |
| ·Use of Third-person Point of View | 第38-43页 |
| ·Yi Shi Shi Yue-the Unique Narrative Point of View in Liao Zhai Tales | 第43-46页 |
| ·Features of Yi Shi Shi Yue | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Effects of Use of Yi Shi Shi Yue | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Four Narrative Time | 第46-58页 |
| ·The Narrative Duration | 第47-53页 |
| ·The Narrative Order | 第53-58页 |
| ·Use of Analepsis | 第54-57页 |
| ·Use of Prolepsis | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Five Narrative language | 第58-68页 |
| ·The Unique Feature of “Shortness”in Classical Chinese Fiction Liao Zhai Tales | 第58-62页 |
| ·Use of Symbolism and Metaphor in A Rose for Emily | 第62-68页 |
| ·Emily as a Symbol | 第63-64页 |
| ·Rose as a Symbol | 第64-66页 |
| ·Use of Metaphor | 第66-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-74页 |
