| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-25页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Richard Flanagan | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 Introduction to The Narrow Road to the Deep North | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第17-19页 |
| 1.4 Related Theories of Irony | 第19-23页 |
| 1.5 Thesis Statement and Thesis Structure | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Irony of Characters' Images in The Narrow Road to the Deep North | 第25-40页 |
| 2.1 Australia Justice Camp | 第26-33页 |
| 2.1.1 "Hero" Dorrigo Evans | 第27-31页 |
| 2.1.2 Rooster MacNeice | 第31-33页 |
| 2.2 Japanese "Vicious" Camp | 第33-40页 |
| 2.2.1 Colonel Nakamura | 第34-36页 |
| 2.2.2 Colonel Kota | 第36-38页 |
| 2.2.3 Korean Sergeant | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Rhetoric Irony in The Narrow Road to the Deep North | 第40-65页 |
| 3.1 Verbal Irony | 第40-51页 |
| 3.1.1 Verbal Irony in the Title of the Novel | 第41-43页 |
| 3.1.2 Verbal Irony in Haiku-form Language | 第43-45页 |
| 3.1.3 Verbal Irony in Monologues and Scene Descriptions | 第45-48页 |
| 3.1.4 Verbal Irony in Understatement | 第48-51页 |
| 3.2 Situational Irony | 第51-58页 |
| 3.2.1 Contrast Between Character's Expectation and Actual Situation | 第52-55页 |
| 3.2.2 Outcome of Events Departing from Reader's Expectation | 第55-58页 |
| 3.3 Dramatic Irony Presented in Unreliable Narration | 第58-65页 |
| 3.3.1 Unreliable Narration in The Narrow Road to the Deep North | 第60-63页 |
| 3.3.2 The Connections Between Unreliable Narration and Irony in the Novel | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter 4 Functions of Irony in The Narrow Road to the Deep North | 第65-71页 |
| 4.1 Theme Revelation | 第65-68页 |
| 4.1.1 Theme of War | 第66-67页 |
| 4.1.2 Theme of Love | 第67-68页 |
| 4.2 Aesthetic Function | 第68-71页 |
| 4.2.1 Evasive Function | 第69-70页 |
| 4.2.2 Distancing Function | 第70-71页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第71-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-75页 |
| Papers Published During the Study for M.A.Degree | 第75页 |
