| English Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One The Implied Reader’s Appeal—Response-Inviting Structure in A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第13-26页 |
| 1. Blanks Unfilled in A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第14-19页 |
| ·Metaphor Used as Semantic Blanks | 第14-16页 |
| ·Structural Blanks in A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第16-19页 |
| 2. Narrative Strategy of A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第19-26页 |
| ·The Insertion of Farsi | 第19-21页 |
| ·Burqa, Film, Ocean as Symbols | 第21-26页 |
| Chapter Two The Actual Reader’s Actualization—Concretized Interpretation of A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第26-41页 |
| 1.The Literal Interpretation of A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第27-33页 |
| ·Negative Interpretation on Literal level | 第27-31页 |
| ·Positive Interpretation on Literal Level | 第31-33页 |
| 2.The Cultural Interpretation of A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第33-41页 |
| ·Negative Interpretation on Cultural Level | 第34-38页 |
| ·Positive Interpretation on Cultural Level | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Three The Interaction Between The Implied Reader and The Actual Reader in A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第41-54页 |
| 1.Readers’Horizon of Expectation | 第42-48页 |
| ·Readers’Horizon of Expectation from Vision of Life | 第43-45页 |
| ·Readers’Horizon of Expectation from Vision of Literature | 第45-48页 |
| 2.Readers’Wandering Viewpoint and Synthetizing Activity | 第48-54页 |
| ·Readers’Wandering Viewpoint | 第49-51页 |
| ·Readers’Synthetizing Activity | 第51-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58页 |
