| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第6-13页 |
| ·Laurence Sterne and Tristram Shandy | 第6-7页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第7-11页 |
| ·Theoretical Bases | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose and Layout of This Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two The Narrator in Tristram Shandy | 第13-19页 |
| ·The Narrator and Its Functions | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Narrator in a Narrative Work | 第13页 |
| ·The Classification of the Narrator | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Narrator’s Functions | 第14页 |
| ·The Unreliable Narrator of Tristram Shandy | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Narrator’s Communicative Function in Tristram Shandy | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Three The Narrative Techniques in Tristram Shandy | 第19-25页 |
| ·The Digressive Narrative Technique in Tristram Shandy | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Analogous Narrative Technique in Tristram Shandy | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Four The Narrative Time in Tristram Shandy | 第25-40页 |
| ·Temporal Order in a narrative work | 第25-26页 |
| ·Temporal Order in Tristram Shandy | 第26-32页 |
| ·Duration in a narrative work | 第32-33页 |
| ·Duration in Tristram Shandy | 第33-40页 |
| ·The Summary in Tristram Shandy | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Scene in Tristram Shandy | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Pause in Tristram Shandy | 第35-38页 |
| ·The Ellipsis in Tristram Shandy | 第38页 |
| ·The slow-down in Tristram Shandy | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Five The Narrative Language in Tristram Shandy | 第40-45页 |
| ·The Baroque Syntactic Structure in Tristram Shandy | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Mock-Heroic Diction in Tristram Shandy | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter six Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第47-48页 |
| References | 第48-50页 |
