| ABSTRACT | 第2页 |
| 摘要 | 第3-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第6-16页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to A.S.Byatt and Her Possession | 第6-7页 |
| 1.2 Critical Reviews of Possession | 第7-13页 |
| 1.3 Thesis Statement | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Structure | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two The Present Possessed by the Past | 第16-22页 |
| 2.1 Protagonists of the Present Possessed by the Past | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.1 Roland Possessed by Ash | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.2 Maud Possessed by LaMotte | 第17页 |
| 2.2 Secondary Characters of the Present Possessed by the Past | 第17-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Beatrice Nest Possessed Ellen | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.2 Mortimer Cropper Possessed by Ash | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2.3 James Blackadder Possessed by Ash | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three The Past to Be Discovered by the Present | 第22-31页 |
| 3.1 LaMotte to Be Discovered by Maud | 第22-27页 |
| 3.1.1 LaMotte and Maud's Physical Confinement | 第22-24页 |
| 3.1.2 LaMotte and Maud's Obsession with Identity | 第24-25页 |
| 3.1.3 Maud's Kinship with LaMotte | 第25-27页 |
| 3.2 Ash to Be Discovered by Roland | 第27-31页 |
| 3.2.1 Ash and Roland's Passion for Knowledge | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2.2 Ash and Roland's Poetic Potential | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Four The Present Influenced by the Past | 第31-38页 |
| 4.1 The Present Characters as "Exhausted Textual Critics and Theorists" | 第31-33页 |
| 4.2 The Present Characters' Regaining of a Meaningful and Passionate life | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter Five The Past Missed by the Present | 第38-45页 |
| 5.1 Ash's Meeting of Maia | 第38-39页 |
| 5.2 Ellen' Shame | 第39-42页 |
| 5.3 The Inaccessibility of the Truth in the Past | 第42-45页 |
| 5.3.1 The Omission of Historical Truth | 第42-44页 |
| 5.3.2 The Improper Approaches towards the Past | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| References | 第47-51页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第51-53页 |
