| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-23页 |
| 1.1 Doris Lessing and Her Works | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Reviews of The Cleft | 第14-20页 |
| 1.2.1 Reviews Abroad | 第15-18页 |
| 1.2.2 Reviews at Home | 第18-20页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions and Research Significance | 第20-21页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| CHAPTER TWO WAYNE C. BOOTH AND JAMES PHELAN'S THEORY OFUNRELIABLE NARRATION | 第23-28页 |
| 2.1 Wayne C. Booth’s Theory of Unreliable Narration | 第23-26页 |
| 2.2 James Phelan’s Theory of Unreliable Narration | 第26-28页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE UNRELIABILITY OF THE NARRATOR | 第28-46页 |
| 3.1 Reader, Listen to Me and I Am Factual-oriented | 第28-34页 |
| 3.2 Reader, I Have a Fairly Neutral Stance in Value Judgment | 第34-40页 |
| 3.3 Reader, I Find It a “Sheer Absurdity” of Male Authority both in History andLife | 第40-46页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE SUBVERTION OF MALE AUTHORITY | 第46-57页 |
| 4.1 The Implied Doris Lessing and the Norms of the Novel | 第46-52页 |
| 4.2 The Subversion of Male Authority | 第52-57页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第59-62页 |
