| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE | 第10-24页 |
| 1.1 Tim O’Brien and The Things They Carried | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Literature Review of Relevant Literature | 第12-16页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Framework | 第16-21页 |
| 1.3.1 Trauma Theories | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3.2 Focalization | 第17-20页 |
| 1.3.3 Unreliable Narrator | 第20-21页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Structure | 第21-24页 |
| CHAPTER TWO Multi-dimensional Narrative Focalizations in Representing the American Vietnam War Trauma | 第24-30页 |
| 2.1 Representation of Soldiers’ Traumatized Psychology through Internal Focalization | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2 Employment of External Focalization in Gaining Objectivity and Credibility | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3 Adoption of Zero Focalization in Foreshadowing the Plot and Representing the Collective Trauma | 第27-28页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第28-30页 |
| CHAPTER THREE Unreliable Narrator: Traumatic Experiences Encoded in Fictional Stories | 第30-38页 |
| 3.1 Misreporting Knowledge and Perception | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2 Underreporting Facts and Events | 第32-34页 |
| 3.3 Real Experiences Underneath Unreliable Narrator | 第34-36页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第36-38页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR The American Vietnam War: From the Collective Trauma of the Veterans to the American Cultural Trauma | 第38-52页 |
| 4.1 The American Vietnam War as the Veterans’ Collective Traumatic Memories | 第38-42页 |
| 4.2 Collective Predicament of the Retired American Veterans | 第42-46页 |
| 4.3 Conversion from Collective Trauma to American Cultural Trauma | 第46-49页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第49-52页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第52-54页 |
| Works Cited | 第54-57页 |
