| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-22页 |
| 1.1 McEwan and his Saturday | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第13-20页 |
| 1.3 Focus and structure of the thesis | 第20-22页 |
| 2. Discourse and Spectacles in the City as Disciplinary Powers | 第22-42页 |
| 2.1 Construction and control of discourse | 第22-32页 |
| 2.1.1 Perowne's abuse of medical knowledge | 第24-28页 |
| 2.1.2 Mass media's political propaganda | 第28-32页 |
| 2.2 The hidden power of spectacles in the city | 第32-42页 |
| 2.2.1 Pressure of work ethic implied by office buildings | 第34-38页 |
| 2.2.2 Stimulation of consuming desire by goods and shopping stores | 第38-42页 |
| 3. Loss of Subjectivity as a Consequence of Discipline | 第42-56页 |
| 3.1 Baxter's loss of right of discourse | 第44-47页 |
| 3.2 Decline of Perowne's cognitive ability | 第47-50页 |
| 3.3 Perowne's lack of humanistic concern | 第50-56页 |
| 4. Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-59页 |
