| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| 1.1 Ian McEwan and His Novels | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Studies of Ian McEwan at Home and Abroad | 第13-16页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Framework:The Psychology of Tragedy | 第16-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Psychical Distance in McEwan's Novels | 第21-38页 |
| 2.1 Spatial and Temporal Remoteness | 第21-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Holiday in Illusive Venice | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.2 Germany During the Cold War | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.3 Beard-Einstein Conflation and Global Warming | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2 The Exceptional Nature of Characters, Situations and Actions | 第26-32页 |
| 2.2.1 Homosexuality and Abnormal Relationship between Robert and Caroline | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2.2 Leonard's Secret Job as a Spy | 第29-30页 |
| 2.2.3 Specious Nobel-winning Physicist | 第30-32页 |
| 2.3 Objective and Semi-humorous Writing Technique and Supernatural Atmosphere | 第32-38页 |
| 2.3.1 Bubble Under the Sun | 第32-34页 |
| 2.3.2 Ironic Description of the Project and Its Staff | 第34-35页 |
| 2.3.3 The Clown Show of the Nobel Prize Winner | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Reading McEwan's Novel as an "Outsider" | 第38-51页 |
| 3.1 Reasons for Colin's Tragedy | 第38-42页 |
| 3.1.1 Objective Reason:Unfriendly City | 第38-40页 |
| 3.1.2 Subjective Reason:Two Conversations between Mary and Caroline | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2 Choiceless Choice for Leonard and Maria | 第42-46页 |
| 3.2.1 Necessity to Kill and Dismember Otto | 第42-45页 |
| 3.2.2 Farewell to Maria Without Goodbye | 第45-46页 |
| 3.3 Beard's Dirty Tricks | 第46-51页 |
| 3.3.1 Sparkle in Nature under the Surface of Immorality | 第47-48页 |
| 3.3.2 Flowing with Tide with a Hint of Sense of Responsibility | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter 4 Transformation of the Tragic Pain to the Tragic Pleasure | 第51-57页 |
| 4.1 Mary's New Life | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2 Reconciliation between Leonard and Maria | 第53-54页 |
| 4.3 Beard's Hope for a New Life | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的科研成果 | 第62页 |
