| ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT IN CHINESE | 第8-9页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-30页 |
| 1.1 Julian Barnes and His The Sense of an Ending | 第14-18页 |
| 1.2 Scholarly Context | 第18-22页 |
| 1.2.1 Studies in Britain and America | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2.2 Studies in China | 第19-22页 |
| 1.3 Methodology and Significance of the Study | 第22-28页 |
| 1.3.1 Theoretical framework of the study | 第22-28页 |
| 1.3.2 Significance of the study | 第28页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第28-30页 |
| CHAPTER TWO TONY’S IDENTITY AS A TRAUMA PATIENT | 第30-35页 |
| 2.1 Psychological Trauma | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2 Tony—A Trauma Patient | 第31-35页 |
| CHAPTER THREE NARRATIVE TRUTH IN THE FIRST REMINISCENCE | 第35-44页 |
| 3.1 Courtship with Veronica | 第35-39页 |
| 3.2“Awkward Experience”in Veronica’s House | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3 Painful Memory of Adrian’s Suicide | 第41-44页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CAUSES OF CHANGE OF NARRATIVE TRUTH IN THESECOND REMINISCENCE | 第44-55页 |
| 4.1 The Change of Perspective, the Need of Healing | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2 Appearance of New Evidences | 第47-51页 |
| 4.3 Emergence of New Memories | 第51-55页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE COMPARING NARRTAIVE TRUTHS IN TWO REMINISCENCES | 第55-67页 |
| 5.1 Narrative Truth in the Second Reminiscence is More Objective | 第55-64页 |
| 5.1.1 Narrative perspective | 第55-56页 |
| 5.1.2 Narrative voice | 第56-61页 |
| 5.1.3 Causal links of events | 第61-64页 |
| 5.2 Narrative Truth is Not Necessarily Historical Truth | 第64-67页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第67-70页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第70-73页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第73-74页 |
| 个人简况及联系方式 | 第74-75页 |
