| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-26页 |
| ·Vladimir Nabokov and His Despair | 第12-15页 |
| ·Vladimir Nabokov and His Literary Achievements | 第12-13页 |
| ·An Introduction to Despair | 第13-15页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| ·Literature Review in China | 第15-17页 |
| ·Literature Review Abroad | 第17-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Perspective | 第19-22页 |
| ·Robert Brandom’s Theory of Meaning | 第19-21页 |
| ·Related Terms in This Thesis | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Significance and Layout of This Thesis | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Two LINGUISTIC PRACTICE AND NORMATIVE ATTITUDEIN DESPAIR | 第26-38页 |
| ·Unreliable Narrator: Hermann’s Violation of Normative Attitude | 第27-30页 |
| ·Discrepancies Between Hermann’s Actions and Words | 第28-29页 |
| ·Inconsistence Between Hermann’s Statements | 第29-30页 |
| ·Sober Reader: the Objectivity of Semantic Norms | 第30-34页 |
| ·Art, Crime and Deception | 第31-33页 |
| ·Art, Inspiration and Hallucination | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Linguistic Practice Between Reader and Narrator | 第34-38页 |
| ·Hermann’s Normative Status | 第35-36页 |
| ·Readers’Assessments of Hermann’s Statements | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three DISCURSIVE COMMITMENT AND DEONTICSCOREKEEPING IN DESPAIR | 第38-52页 |
| ·Scorekeeping of Hermann’s Narration: from Doubt to Denying | 第38-42页 |
| ·Objections to Hermann’s“Good Memory” | 第39-40页 |
| ·Disproof of Hermann’s“Accurate Observation” | 第40-41页 |
| ·Evidence of Hermann’s Paranoia | 第41-42页 |
| ·Scorekeeping of the Underlying Story: from Obscurity to Clarity | 第42-46页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Hermann and Lydia | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Lydia and Ardalion | 第44-46页 |
| ·Entitlements and Commitments: Two Stories Told in Despair | 第46-52页 |
| ·The Artist Hermann’s Story | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Murderer Hermann’s Story | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Four THE INTERROGATIVE TEXT IN DESPAIR | 第52-64页 |
| ·Ambiguous Descriptions in Despair | 第53-57页 |
| ·The Illogical Descriptions of Scenes | 第53-55页 |
| ·The Contradictory Descriptions of Characters | 第55-57页 |
| ·Untruthful Conversations in Despair | 第57-64页 |
| ·The Conversation Between Hermann and Ardalion | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Conversation Between Hermann and Orlovius | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Conversation Between Hermann and Felix | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第64-68页 |
| Works Cited | 第68-72页 |
| 附录： 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第72页 |
