| 摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction of Ian McEwan and His Works | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Objective and Significance of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| 1.3 Layout of the Dissertation | 第10-12页 |
| ChapterII Literature Review | 第12-18页 |
| 2.1 A Synopsis of Atonement | 第12-13页 |
| 2.2 Previous Research on Atonement Abroad | 第13-15页 |
| 2.3 Previous Research on Atonement at Home | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter III Theoretical Framework | 第18-24页 |
| 3.1 The Concept of Historiography | 第18-20页 |
| 3.2 The Concept of Metafiction | 第20-21页 |
| 3.3 The Formation and Development of Historiographic Metafiction | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter IV Historiographic Features of Atonement | 第24-42页 |
| 4.1 Deconstruction and Reconstruction—Challenges to the Official Version of History | 第24-31页 |
| 4.1.1 Deconstruction of History: Life before the WWII | 第25-28页 |
| 4.1.2 Reconstruction of History: Challenge to the Authority of History | 第28-31页 |
| 4.2 Processing of and Fleeing from History—Characters’ Attitudes Toward History | 第31-34页 |
| 4.2.1 Processing of History | 第31-33页 |
| 4.2.2 Fleeing from History | 第33-34页 |
| 4.3 Reassessment of History—Unresolved Contradictions in Atonement | 第34-42页 |
| 4.3.1 Center or Fringe | 第34-37页 |
| 4.3.2 Sin or Innocence | 第37-39页 |
| 4.3.3 Fiction or History | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter V Metafictional Features in Atonement | 第42-60页 |
| 5.1 Contradiction between Fabrication and Authenticity— Multiple Narrative Perspectives | 第42-49页 |
| 5.1.1 Fabrication—Briony’s Narrative Perspective | 第43-46页 |
| 5.1.2 Authenticity—Narrative Perspectives of Robbie and Cecilia | 第46-49页 |
| 5.2 The Inter-textuality of Atonement—Reference to Characters of Biblical Archetypes in TheHoly Bible | 第49-56页 |
| 5.2.1 Briony Tallis —Judas in The Holy Bible | 第50-52页 |
| 5.2.2 Robbie Turner—Scapegoat in The Holy Bible | 第52-54页 |
| 5.2.3 Cecilia Tallis—Mary Magdalene in The Holy Bible | 第54-56页 |
| 5.3 Mise-En-Abyme and Disclosure | 第56-60页 |
| 5.3.1 Young Briony’s Identity and Meditation on Writing | 第56-58页 |
| 5.3.2 Old Briony’s Disclosure of Fiction Writing | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter VI Conclusion and Implication | 第60-63页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第60-62页 |
| 6.2 Limitation of the Dissertation | 第62-63页 |
| Biography | 第63-65页 |
| 发表论文和参加科研情况说明 | 第65-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
