| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| 1.1 About Doris Lessing and Her Novel The Grass Is Singing | 第9-11页 |
| 1.1.1 About the author Doris Lessing | 第9-10页 |
| 1.1.2 An Introduction of The Grass Is Singing | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2.1 Overseas Study on The Grass Is Singing | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2.2 The Domestic Study on The Grass Is Singing | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Study and Frame of the whole Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two The Ethical Line Under Narrative Strategies | 第15-27页 |
| 2.1 Narrative Space and Ethical Environment | 第15-17页 |
| 2.2 Narrative Time and Ethical Line | 第17-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Order | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Duration | 第20-24页 |
| 2.2.3 Frequency | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three Mary’s Ethical Confusion in Variable Narrative Skills | 第27-39页 |
| 3.1 The Ethical Implication of Zero Focalization | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2 Mary’s Ethical Identity in zero-focalization | 第30-33页 |
| 3.3 Mary’s Ethical Confusion in shifting point of view | 第33-39页 |
| 3.3.1 Mary’s Point of View | 第34-36页 |
| 3.3.2 The Point of View of the White Men | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four The Ethical Orientation and Narrative Communication | 第39-49页 |
| 4.1 The Ethical Implication of the Unreliable Narration | 第40-45页 |
| 4.1.1 Uncovering Moses’s Revolt | 第41-43页 |
| 4.1.2 Revealing the Reasons of Mary’s Tragedy | 第43-45页 |
| 4.2 The Ethical Orientation of Lessing | 第45-49页 |
| 4.2.1 The pursuit of Equality between the Black Man and the White Man | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2.2 The Pursuit of Freedom for the Black Man | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54-55页 |
| Publication | 第55页 |
