| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abbreviations | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7页 |
| Abtract in Chinese | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| Chapter One Arks as Storyworld | 第20-37页 |
| Ⅰ.The Sense of Ending: Diachronicity vs.Synchronicity | 第21-27页 |
| Ⅱ.Selection of Species: Diversity vs.Identity | 第27-37页 |
| Chapter Two Arks as Discourse | 第37-51页 |
| Ⅰ.Imagined Communities: Separation vs.Unification | 第38-44页 |
| Ⅱ.The Word Made Flesh: Oppression vs.Empowerment | 第44-51页 |
| Chapter Three Arks as Narration | 第51-67页 |
| Ⅰ.Repetitive History: Fiction vs.Reality | 第52-58页 |
| Ⅱ.A Book of Forking Paths: Chronology vs.Spatiality | 第58-67页 |
| Conclusion | 第67-70页 |
| Works Cited | 第70-76页 |
| Appendix | 第76页 |
