| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Abbreviations | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| 1.1 Raymond Carver and His Major Works | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Significance of This Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 A Literature Review of Carverian Studies Abroad and at Home | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Two Indeterminacy | 第18-31页 |
| 2.1 The Beauty of Indeterminacy | 第19-22页 |
| 2.2 Origins and Evolution of Indeterminacy | 第22-29页 |
| 2.3 Indeterminacy and Carver | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Sense of Menace-Minimalist Narration | 第31-56页 |
| 3.1 A Few Words on Literary Minimalism | 第32-36页 |
| 3.2 Carver's Minimalist Practices in Short Stories | 第36-56页 |
| 3.2.1 The Art of Omission | 第38-49页 |
| 3.2.2 The Solicitude for the Submerged | 第49-56页 |
| Chapter Four Sense of Unreliability--Unreliable Narration | 第56-70页 |
| 4.1 A Brief Introduction to Rhetorical Narratology | 第56-62页 |
| 4.1.1 Wayne C. Booth: Implied Reader and Unreliable Narrator | 第57-60页 |
| 4.1.2 James Phelan's Development of Unreliable Narration | 第60-62页 |
| 4.2 Unreliable Narration in Carver's Stories | 第62-70页 |
| Chapter Five Sense of Absurdity--Black Humor | 第70-76页 |
| 5.1 A Brief Introduction to Black Humor | 第70-71页 |
| 5.2 Carverian Black Humor | 第71-76页 |
| 5.2.1 Black Humor in "Careful" | 第72-73页 |
| 5.2.2 Black Humor in "The Bridle" | 第73-76页 |
| Conclusion | 第76-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-81页 |
