| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-14页 |
| 摘要 | 第14-18页 |
| List of Abbreviaitons | 第18-20页 |
| Contents | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第22-56页 |
| ·Research Background | 第22-33页 |
| ·Approaches and Methodologies | 第33-47页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第47-56页 |
| Chapter 2 The Concept of the Future:Nostalgia,Prophecy and Identity | 第56-131页 |
| ·The Concept of the Future:Translation and Semantic Issues | 第56-74页 |
| ·Nostalgia and Prophecy:Beowulf and King Alfred's Translations | 第74-108页 |
| ·Last Judgement and National Identity:HE and Chronicle | 第108-127页 |
| ·The Ethos of the Future? | 第127-131页 |
| Chapter 3 The Concept of Time Flow:Linearity,Cyclicity and History | 第131-205页 |
| ·Old English Time Words and Their Spatial Connotations | 第131-151页 |
| ·Linearity and Cyclical Linearity:From HE to Christ Ⅲ | 第151-178页 |
| ·Cyclicity and Spiral Linearity:Beowulf and Consolation | 第178-202页 |
| ·Time Flow and Its Historical Intentionality | 第202-205页 |
| Chapter 4 The Concept of Eternity:Everlastingness,Timelessness and Salvation | 第205-253页 |
| ·Time Words for Eternity:Etymological and Semantic Issues | 第205-220页 |
| ·Eternity and Transience:Dream and l(?)num life | 第220-233页 |
| ·Eternity and Salvation:The Phoenix and The Wanderer | 第233-251页 |
| ·The Sacred Ethics of Eternity | 第251-253页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第253-264页 |
| ·Assumptions and Contributions | 第253-259页 |
| ·Problems and Limitations | 第259-262页 |
| ·What next? | 第262-264页 |
| Bibliography | 第264-278页 |
| Curriculum Vitae | 第278-279页 |
| 个人简历 | 第279页 |
