| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| 1.1 General introduction to Morris Gleitzman and the Once Series | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第13-16页 |
| 1.2.1 Foreign Study | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2.2 Domestic Study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Thesis and Theoretical Perspective | 第16-19页 |
| 1.4 Framework of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Within Readers' "Horizon of Expectation" | 第21-36页 |
| 2.1 Typical Character | 第23-28页 |
| 2.1.1 Tragic Color | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.2 Legendary Color | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2 Typical Personalities | 第28-33页 |
| 2.2.1 Kindness | 第29-31页 |
| 2.2.2 Bravery | 第31-32页 |
| 2.2.3 Mercy | 第32-33页 |
| 2.3 Typical Stories | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Three Interaction with Readers through "Blanks" and "Negations" | 第36-52页 |
| 3.1 Structural "Blanks":Incoherence of Various Segments | 第36-45页 |
| 3.1.1 Incoherence of Plotline in the Once Series | 第38-41页 |
| 3.1.2 Switch between First-Person Participant and First-Person Witness | 第41-45页 |
| 3.2 Textual "Negations": Denial of the Repertoire of Norms | 第45-52页 |
| 3.2.1 Denial of Ideal Virtues and Worldly Villainy | 第46-49页 |
| 3.2.2 Denial of Habitual Preconception of the War | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Four Beyond Readers' "Horizon of Expectation" | 第52-57页 |
| 4.1 Reflection of the Consequences of the War | 第52-54页 |
| 4.2 Polarization between Children's World and Adult's World | 第54-55页 |
| 4.3 Formation of the Values | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Five Exploration of the Reasons for the Creation | 第57-62页 |
| 5.1 Social Causes | 第58-60页 |
| 5.2 Personal Causes | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Works Cited | 第64-65页 |
