| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-20页 |
| 1.1 Yann Martel and His Life of Pi | 第12-16页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第16-18页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Base and The Significance of This Study | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two UNRELIABLE NARRATION IN LIFE OF PI | 第20-29页 |
| 2.1 Implied author | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 Unreliable Narration | 第21-29页 |
| 2.2.1 Unreliable narration under the axis of facts/events | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Unreliable narration under the axis of knowledge/perception | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2.3 Unreliable narration under the axis of values/judgments | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three THE NARRATIVE PROGRESSION IN LIFE OF PI | 第29-45页 |
| 3.1 Instabilities—the Textual Dynamics in the Novel | 第29-35页 |
| 3.1.1 The unstable relationship between Pi and Richard Parker | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.2 Pi's unstable attitude towards god and death | 第32-35页 |
| 3.2 Tensions—The Readerly' Dynamics in the Novel | 第35-39页 |
| 3.2.1 Four types of audiences | 第35-37页 |
| 3.2.2 Narrative reader vs. narratee | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2.3 Narrative reader vs. implied reader | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3 Tensions Caused by Two sets of Corresponding Relationships | 第39-45页 |
| 3.3.1 Narrator vs. implied reader | 第39-42页 |
| 3.3.2 Implied author vs. implied reader | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Four NARRATIVE JUDGMENT IN LIFE OF PI | 第45-59页 |
| 4.1 Interpretive Judgment | 第45-50页 |
| 4.1.1 The story with animals | 第46-48页 |
| 4.1.2 The story without animals | 第48-50页 |
| 4.2 Ethical Judgment | 第50-55页 |
| 4.2.1 Humanity | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2.2 Faith—eligion vs. survival | 第53-55页 |
| 4.3 Aesthetic Judgment | 第55-59页 |
| 4.3.1 The effect caused by narrative techniques | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3.2 Metafictional feature in Life of Pi | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第59-61页 |
| REFERENCE | 第61-62页 |
