| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| Chapter One Career Decline of Clive and Vernon from Internal Focalization | 第18-30页 |
| 1.1 Falling Figures: Clive’s Career Decline Within Internal Focalization | 第18-23页 |
| 1.2 Nonsensation: Vernon’s Career Anxiety Within Internal Focalization | 第23-27页 |
| 1.3 Dignified Molly: A Reflection of Their Career Crisis | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Two Specious Relationship Between Clive and Vernon | 第30-41页 |
| 2.1 Shift from Friends to Enemies Within Internal Focalization | 第30-34页 |
| 2.2 Uncomfortable Friendship Within External Focalization | 第34-38页 |
| 2.3 Poor Molly: A Reflection of Conflicts in Their Relationship | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Three Clive and Vernon’s Paradoxical Situation Faced with Death | 第41-52页 |
| 3.1 Active Choices on Death Within Internal Focalization | 第41-44页 |
| 3.2 Positive Reactions Within External Focalization | 第44-49页 |
| 3.3 Resurgent Molly: The Last Fantasies of Clive and Vernon | 第49-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-60页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第60页 |
