| 中文摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第7-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE THEORETICAL BACKGROUND | 第14-22页 |
| 1.1 REALISM: FIDELITY TO REALITY | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2 POSTMODERNISM: DECONSTRUCTION AND SUBVERSION | 第17-19页 |
| 1.3 JONATHAN FRANZEN: AT THE END OF POSTMODERNISM | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO ROUND CHARACTERIZATION WITH THEUTILIZATION OF METAFICTION | 第22-35页 |
| 2.1 ROUND CHARACTERIZATION UNDER SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES | 第22-29页 |
| 2.2 THE EMBODIMENT OF METAFICTION IN CHARACTERIZATION | 第29-35页 |
| CHAPTER THREE INTEGRAL NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OFTEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHAOS AND DISORDER | 第35-48页 |
| 3.1 INTEGRITY OF PLOTS WITH ENORMOUS DETAILS | 第36-40页 |
| 3.2 TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL FORM IN CHAOS AND DISORDER | 第40-48页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR EXHAUSTIVE REPRESENTATION OF SOCIALREALITY WITH THE INCLUSION OF INDETERMINACY | 第48-58页 |
| 4.1 EXHAUSTIVE REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL REALITY THROUGHCHARACTERS | 第48-53页 |
| 4.2 A WORLD OF INDETERMINACY | 第53-58页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第58-60页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第60-61页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第61-65页 |
| APPENDIX | 第65页 |
