| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-22页 |
| 1.1 New England and Edith Wharton·s Literary Creation | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review and Theories of Fictional Spaces | 第14-18页 |
| 1.3 Thesis Statement, Significance of the Research, and Analysis Procedures | 第18-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THE FABRICATION OF "STARKFIELD": SPATIAL SELECTING AND REPRESENTING | 第22-36页 |
| 2.1 RuralArea of New England Backdropping "Starkfield": Geographical Space and Cultural Tradition | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2 Spatial Selecting and Representing: the Irreplaceability and Features of Spaces in "Starkfield" | 第25-32页 |
| 2.3 Constructing the Time-space Relationship: Slackened Time and Overwhelming Space | 第32-36页 |
| CHAPTER THREE IMPRISONED SPIRITS IN "STARKFIELD": PEOPLE AGAINST SPACEμ AS NARRATIVE POWER | 第36-54页 |
| 3.1 The Narrator in "Starkfield": Life and People through His Haunted Vision | 第36-39页 |
| 3.2 Characters in "Starkfield": Story Goes with People Trapped and Struggling in spaces | 第39-54页 |
| 3.2.1 Ethan and Mattie on the Road | 第40-45页 |
| 3.2.2 Ethan, Mattie, and Zeena in the House | 第45-48页 |
| 3.2.3 Zeena and Mattie at the Threshold | 第48-54页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE ALLUSION OF "STARKFIELD": THEMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROVINCIAL TOWNμ | 第54-66页 |
| 4.1 ATypical Bakhtinian Provincial Townμ: the Significant Chronotope of "Starkfield" | 第55-60页 |
| 4.2 Moral and Aesthetic Implication of the Chronotope of "Starkfield" | 第60-66页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第66-69页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第69-71页 |
