| 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 Literary Career | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Ian McEwan's Magnum opus—Atonement | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| 1.3.1 Studies by Overseas Scholars | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3.2 Studies by Chinese Scholars | 第17-19页 |
| 1.4 Objective and Significance of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Overview of Narrative Ethics | 第21-30页 |
| 2.1 Ethics, Narratology and Literature | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2 The Emergence and Development of Narrative Ethics | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3 Distinctive Features of Narrative Ethics | 第24-28页 |
| 2.3.1 Narrative Ethics of Story | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3.2 Narrative Ethics of Language | 第26页 |
| 2.3.3 Ethical Dialogue among the Author, Readers and Characters | 第26-28页 |
| 2.4 The Significance of Narrative Ethics Criticism | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Ethics of Story in Multiple Perspective Narration | 第30-46页 |
| 3.1 Narration of Events that Happened In Tallis | 第30-37页 |
| 3.1.1 The Fountain Event | 第31-33页 |
| 3.1.2 The Letter and the Study Event | 第33-36页 |
| 3.1.3 The Absence of Family Ethics | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2 Multiple Perspective Narration of the War | 第37-42页 |
| 3.2.1 Robbie in the War | 第37-40页 |
| 3.2.2 Briony in the War | 第40-42页 |
| 3.3 Ethical Connotation Implied in Multiple Perspective Narration | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Ethics of Narrating in Metafiction | 第46-54页 |
| 4.1 Narrative Structure of Metafiction | 第46-52页 |
| 4.1.1 Briony's Ethical Dilemmas in Four Intertexts | 第47-49页 |
| 4.1.2 The Authors' Ethical Dilemmas in Four Intertexts | 第49-52页 |
| 4.2 Ethical Implication in Metafiction Structure of Atonement | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Ethics of Narrating in Unreliable Narration | 第54-59页 |
| 5.1 Narrative Pattern of Unreliable Narration | 第54-57页 |
| 5.1.1 The Implied Author and the Real Author | 第54-56页 |
| 5.1.2 Reliable Narrator and Unreliable Narrator | 第56-57页 |
| 5.2 Ethical Implications in Unreliable Narration of Atonement | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Paper Published | 第64页 |
