| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| A. V. S. Naipaul and The Enigma of Arrival | 第9-11页 |
| B. Literature Review | 第11-15页 |
| C. Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter One Narrative Time in The Enigma of Arrival | 第18-33页 |
| A. Nonlinear Narrative: Recalling the Journey from Trinidad to England | 第18-23页 |
| B. Duration: A Perception of Spatial Arrival | 第23-29页 |
| C. Frequency: Decay in the Valley | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Two Focalization in The Enigma of Arrival | 第33-45页 |
| A. Types of Focalization: Integrating Man and Writer | 第33-38页 |
| B. The Alternation of Focalization: Narrator’s Psychological Arrival | 第38-41页 |
| C. Facets of Focalization: A Full Display of Other Characters | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Three Narrative Discourses in The Enigma of Arrival | 第45-56页 |
| A. Definition of Narrative Discourse: Contemplation of Life and Death | 第45-48页 |
| B. The Diegetic Discourse: Narrator’s Ideological Arrival | 第48-51页 |
| C. The Mimetic Discourse: Realization of Identity | 第51-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Works Cited | 第58-62页 |
