| ABSTRACT | 第1-3页 |
| 摘要 | 第3-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第6-15页 |
| ·Ian McEwan: Life and Works | 第6-8页 |
| ·Life and Literary Achievements of Ian McEwan | 第6-7页 |
| ·Synopsis of The Cement Garden | 第7-8页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第8-11页 |
| ·Studies of The Cement Garden in Foreign Countries | 第8-9页 |
| ·Studies of The Cement Garden in China | 第9-11页 |
| ·Research Significance and Thesis Organization | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第12-13页 |
| ·Thesis Organization | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework: Rhetorical Narratology | 第15-24页 |
| ·Rhetorical Narratology and Its Major Principles | 第15-18页 |
| ·Functions of Character Narrator | 第18-22页 |
| ·Ethical Positions of Character Narration | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Functions of Character Narrator in The Cement Garden | 第24-30页 |
| ·Telling Functions of the Narrator Jack | 第24-27页 |
| ·Character Functions of the Character Jack | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Four Ethics of Character Narration in The Cement Garden | 第30-46页 |
| ·Ethical Positions of the Character Narrator | 第30-38页 |
| ·Ethical Position of the Character Jack | 第30-34页 |
| ·Ethical Positions of the Narrator Jack | 第34-38页 |
| ·Ethical Positions of the Implied Author and the Flesh-and-blood Reader | 第38-46页 |
| ·Ethical Positions of the Implied Author | 第38-43页 |
| ·Ethical Positions of the Flesh-and-blood Reader | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-49页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第46-47页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Suggestions | 第47-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52-54页 |
