| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| ·John Barth and The End of the Road | 第11页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Thesis | 第15页 |
| ·A Brief Discussion of Some Key Concepts of the Carnival Theory | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ An Analysis of the Carnivalized Characterization | 第18-38页 |
| ·Carnivalized Characterization | 第18-19页 |
| ·Roles of Clowns, Fools, Rogues and Tricksters Which Reveal Eccentricity and Profanation | 第19-30页 |
| ·Joe Morgan: a Wise Clown and Tragic Fool | 第20-22页 |
| ·Jacob Horner: a Rogue | 第22-26页 |
| ·The Doctor: a Trickster | 第26-30页 |
| ·Double Images Which Reveal Carnivalistic Misalliances | 第30-38页 |
| ·Morgan and Horner | 第31-33页 |
| ·Morgan and the Doctor | 第33-34页 |
| ·Horner and Rennie | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ An Analysis of the Carnivalized Plot | 第38-51页 |
| ·The Carnivalized Plot | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Carnivalistic Acts of "Crowning" and "Decrowning" | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Carnivalistic Concept of Time and Space | 第44-51页 |
| ·Carnivalized Time | 第44-48页 |
| ·Carnivalized Space | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Multi-voicedness in the Novel | 第51-62页 |
| ·Multi-voicedness in the Carnivalized Literature | 第51-52页 |
| ·Interior Dialogue | 第52-54页 |
| ·Open Dialogue | 第54-59页 |
| ·The Author's Voice | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-67页 |
