| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-17页 |
| 1.1 Introduction of Author | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 London in McEwan’s works | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review on The Child in Time | 第11-15页 |
| 1.4 Research Aims and Research Questions | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO BAKHTINIAN CONCEPTS OF DIALOGISM, HETEROGLOSSIA AND CARNIVALIZATION | 第17-23页 |
| 2.1 Bakhtin's Dialogism | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Bakhtin's Heteroglossia | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 Bakhtin's Carnivalization | 第20-23页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE NATURAL AND SOCIAL DYSTOPIAN CHARACTERISTICS OF LONDON | 第23-37页 |
| 3.1 The Scenery Difference between the Industrialized City and the Rural Paradise | 第24-28页 |
| 3.2 The Political Corruption: the Dialogue between Lemonade and The Authorised Childcare Handbook | 第28-32页 |
| 3.3 Distorted Human Relationship: Dialogue between the Male and the Female | 第32-37页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE POLYPHONIC FEATURE OF LONDON: THE DYSTOPIAN CONDITION OF PEOPLE | 第37-60页 |
| 4.1 Charles’ Carnivalesque Rebellion and the Tragic Result | 第38-44页 |
| 4.2 Success to Challenge the Dialogue between Self and “Other”: Stephen’s Survival | 第44-53页 |
| 4.2.1 The power of language | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2.2 The Juxtaposition of the Two Cities | 第46-53页 |
| 4.3 The Oppressed Poor People and the Licensed Beggars | 第53-55页 |
| 4.4 Thelma the Physicist | 第55-60页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第60-62页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第62-64页 |
