| Synopsis | 第1-5页 |
| 内容提要 | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| Chapter One Henri Bergson’s Theory on Time | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Two Analysis of the Time Motif in the Novel | 第18-35页 |
| ·Significance of Subjective Time | 第18-29页 |
| ·Subjective Time: Gatsby’s Experience of Time | 第18-23页 |
| ·Subjective Time: the Influence of the Past on the Present | 第23-29页 |
| ·Limitation of Subjective Time: the Illusion of the Past | 第29-31页 |
| ·Surpassing Subjective Time: Nick’s Experience of Time | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Three Artistic Forms Representing the Time Motif | 第35-46页 |
| ·Symbolic Images in the Novel | 第35-41页 |
| ·Gatsby’s House | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Automobile | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Narrative Structure of the Novel | 第41-46页 |
| ·The Multi-Perspectives in Narration | 第41-44页 |
| ·Memoir as a Means of Narration | 第44-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-49页 |
| Works Cited | 第49-50页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第50页 |
