| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Narrative Structure in Henderson the Rain King | 第13-28页 |
| 1.1 Digressive Structure: An Implicit Rejection of Reason | 第13-22页 |
| 1.2 U-shaped Narrative Structure: An Imitation to Biblical Narration | 第22-28页 |
| Chapter Two Narrative Time in Henderson the Rain King | 第28-38页 |
| 2.1 Chronological order and Anachronies | 第28-32页 |
| 2.2 Swing Temporal Duration | 第32-36页 |
| 2.3 Variable Temporal Frequency | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three Narrative Space in Henderson the Rain King | 第38-50页 |
| 3.1 Topographical Space that Witnesses Henderson’s Maturity | 第38-43页 |
| 3.2 Social Space that Causes Henderson’s Transformation | 第43-46页 |
| 3.3 Psychological Space that Reveals Henderson’s Regeneration | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter Four Narrative Rhetoric in Henderson the Rain King | 第50-58页 |
| 4.1 Imagery and Symbolism: the Symbolic Animals | 第50-54页 |
| 4.2 Blank and Omission: Untold Ending of the Novel | 第54-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Works Cited | 第60-64页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间公开发表的论文 | 第64页 |
