| English Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| 1 Ian McEwan's Life and Literature Achievements | 第9-10页 |
| 2 His Major Works | 第10-12页 |
| 3 Previous Studies | 第12-16页 |
| 4 An Overview of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter One Theories of Point of View | 第18-27页 |
| ·Definition of Point of View | 第18-19页 |
| ·Classification of Point of View | 第19-22页 |
| ·Point of View, Voice and Distance | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter Two Employment of Point of View in His Fictions | 第27-34页 |
| ·Point of View in The Cement Garden | 第27-28页 |
| ·Point of View in The Child in Time | 第28-30页 |
| ·Zero Point of View－Quasi-omniscient | 第28-29页 |
| ·Fixed Internal Point of View | 第29-30页 |
| ·Point of View in Atonement | 第30-34页 |
| ·Variable Internal Point of View | 第30-31页 |
| ·Multiple Internal Point of View | 第31-32页 |
| ·First-person External Point of View | 第32-33页 |
| ·Zero Point of View | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three Functions of Various Types of Points of View in His Fictions | 第34-44页 |
| ·Internal Point of View | 第34-37页 |
| ·Making the Novel Varied and More Attractive | 第34-35页 |
| ·Providing More Information | 第35-36页 |
| ·Reflecting the Theme of War | 第36-37页 |
| ·First-person Point of View | 第37-41页 |
| ·Strengthening the Artistic Appeal | 第37-38页 |
| ·Defamiliarization | 第38-40页 |
| ·Crucial to the Plot and Theme | 第40页 |
| ·Deepening the Theme and Making More Believable | 第40-41页 |
| ·Zero Point of View | 第41-44页 |
| ·Arousing Suspense | 第41-42页 |
| ·Revealing the Plot at Will | 第42-44页 |
| Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-49页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第49页 |
