| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| ·A brief introduction to John Maxwell Coetzee and his works | 第9-11页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the novel Diary of a Bad Year | 第11-14页 |
| ·Literature review | 第14-17页 |
| ·Literature review abroad | 第14-16页 |
| ·Literature review in China | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Structure of this thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One Dialogism and the polyphonic theory of Bakhtin | 第19-30页 |
| ·Dialogism | 第19-22页 |
| ·The polyphonic theory in Diary of a Bad Year | 第22-30页 |
| Chapter Two The political claims of "Strong Opinions" and "Second Diary" | 第30-40页 |
| ·The strong political claims in "Strong Opinions" | 第30-35页 |
| ·The mild political claims and other opinions in "Second Diary" | 第35-40页 |
| Chapter Three Dialogic narratives in Dairy of a Bad Year | 第40-46页 |
| ·J.C.'s narrative from the perspective of dialogism | 第40-41页 |
| ·J.C.'s narrative point of view | 第40-41页 |
| ·The dialogic relationship of J.C.'s narrative to "Strong Opinions" and "Second Diary" | 第41-43页 |
| ·The dialogic relationship of Anya's narrative to J.C | 第43-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| References | 第48-50页 |
