| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·Ian McEwan’s Life and his Works | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Target of this Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| ·Layout of this Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two A Survey of the City Image in British Fiction | 第20-32页 |
| ·Definition of the City | 第20-23页 |
| ·The City Image in British Fiction | 第23-30页 |
| ·The City Image in Daniel Defoe’s Works | 第24-26页 |
| ·The City Image in Charles Dickens’s Works | 第26-28页 |
| ·The City Image in Virginia Woolf’s Works | 第28-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three The Different Urban Spaces in The Comfort of Strangers | 第32-52页 |
| ·The Buildings in the Novel | 第32-40页 |
| ·Colin and Mary’s Hotel | 第33-35页 |
| ·Robert and Caroline’s House | 第35-36页 |
| ·Robert’s Bar | 第36-38页 |
| ·Other Houses in the Blocks | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Public Places in the Novel | 第40-52页 |
| ·The Squares and Streets in the Novel | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Churches in the Novel | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Hospital and Cemetery in the Novel | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Pontoon, the Jetty and the Waterbuses in the Novel | 第47-52页 |
| ·The Pontoon near the Hotel | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Jetty and the Water Buses in the Canals | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Four The People in the Unnamed City of the Novel | 第52-66页 |
| ·Robert | 第52-54页 |
| ·Caroline | 第54-56页 |
| ·Colin | 第56-59页 |
| ·Mary | 第59-62页 |
| ·Other Groups of People | 第62-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| References | 第69-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-75页 |
| Curriculum Vitae | 第75页 |
