| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·J.D.Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| 2. Narrative Rhetoric and Narrative Communication | 第16-34页 |
| ·Narrative and rhetoric | 第16-24页 |
| ·The essence of narrative | 第17-18页 |
| ·Rhetoric in fiction | 第18-22页 |
| ·The fusion of narrative and rhetoric | 第22-24页 |
| ·Narrative Communication | 第24-34页 |
| ·Real author and implied author | 第25-28页 |
| ·Narrator and narratee | 第28-31页 |
| ·Real reader and implied reader | 第31-34页 |
| 3. The Narrative Communication in The Catcher in the Rye | 第34-45页 |
| ·Unreliable narrator and implied author in the novel | 第34-39页 |
| ·Unreliable narrator | 第34-37页 |
| ·Implied author | 第37-39页 |
| ·The first-person narrative and concealment of NC in the novel | 第39-42页 |
| ·The second-person narrative and control of NC in the novel | 第42-45页 |
| 4. The Rhetoric Effects of NC in The Catcher in the Rye | 第45-49页 |
| ·The rhetoric effects of unreliable narrator in the novel | 第45-46页 |
| ·The rhetoric effects of the first-person narrative in the novel | 第46-48页 |
| ·The rhetoric effects of the second-person narrative in the novel | 第48-49页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第49-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |