| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第12-24页 |
| ·An Introduction to Graham Swift and Waterland | 第12-16页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| CHAPTER II THE DIALOGIC THEORY OF BAKHTIN | 第24-30页 |
| ·Dialogue and Dialogism | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Great Dialogue | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Micro-Dialogue | 第28-30页 |
| CHAPTER III THE DIALOGIC MEANS IN WATERLAND | 第30-37页 |
| ·The Non-Linear Narration: Non-Linear History | 第30-32页 |
| ·Enjambment among Chapters: Artificial History | 第32-35页 |
| ·Setting in Fens: Fairyland of Nothingness | 第35-37页 |
| CHAPTER IV DIALOGIC HISTORIES IN GREAT DIALOGUE | 第37-55页 |
| ·The Great Dialogue between Plots: History and Progress | 第37-43页 |
| ·Family History and Progress | 第38-39页 |
| ·Natural History and Progress | 第39-40页 |
| ·World History and Progress | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Great Dialogue between Characters: History and Story-Telling | 第43-50页 |
| ·The Cricks and the Atkinsons | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Story-Tellers | 第46-50页 |
| ·The Great Dialogue between Author and Character:Trauma and History | 第50-55页 |
| ·Switch of Tense | 第50-53页 |
| ·Transition of Narrative Person | 第53-55页 |
| CHAPTER V DIALOGIC REALITIES IN MICRO-DIALOGUE | 第55-63页 |
| ·The Premise of the Mirco-Dialogue—Tom’s Inner Conflicts | 第56页 |
| ·The Micro-Dialogue between Tom and Lewis | 第56-59页 |
| ·The Micro-Dialogue between Tom and Price | 第59-63页 |
| CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION | 第63-65页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第65-68页 |
