| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 内容提要 | 第6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| ·Dickens and his Great Expectations | 第12-14页 |
| ·The historical review of Great Expectations | 第14-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Perspective | 第19-29页 |
| ·The Fundamental Principle of Structuralism | 第20-23页 |
| ·Structuralism and literature | 第21-22页 |
| ·Structuralism and narrative | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Structuralist theories of Greimas and Todorov | 第23-29页 |
| ·The theory of Greimas on Semantics | 第24-27页 |
| ·The theory of Todorov on Syntactics | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Binary Oppositions in Dickens and Great Expectations | 第29-41页 |
| ·Binary Oppositions in Dickens's life and writing | 第29-32页 |
| ·Binary Oppositions in Great Expectations | 第32-41页 |
| ·Illusion and disillusionment in theme | 第32-33页 |
| ·Ideal land and realistic world in settings | 第33-35页 |
| ·Double identities in characters | 第35-38页 |
| ·Denotation and connotation in symbols | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter 4 The Pattern of Actions in Great Expectations | 第41-55页 |
| ·The action of Great Expectations unfolded in the narrative | 第41-44页 |
| ·The pattern of actions in theme | 第44-45页 |
| ·The pattern of actions in characters | 第45-55页 |
| ·The Model of "Equilibrium—Disequilibrium—Equilibrium" | 第45-52页 |
| ·Expectations for dreams—wealth & social status | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-59页 |
