| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| Chapter One “Restriction of Point of View”: Manifestation of Artistic Attainment | 第17-34页 |
| 1. Narratological Approach to Point of View | 第17-19页 |
| 2. Internal Focalization in the Novel | 第19-24页 |
| 3. Artistic Effects of First-person Limited Point of View | 第24-34页 |
| Chapter Two “Present Tense”: a Challenge to Narrative Norm | 第34-50页 |
| 1. Past Tense, Narrative Norm and Anti-mimesis of Present Tense | 第34-37页 |
| 2. Simultaneous Present and Positioning of the Reader | 第37-44页 |
| 3. Interpretive Limits of Simultaneous Narration and Alternative Strategies | 第44-50页 |
| Chapter Three “Unreliable Narration”: a Result of Limited Perspective and Present Tense | 第50-64页 |
| 1. Theory of Unreliable Narration, an Ongoing Debate | 第50-52页 |
| 2. Old Magistrate as an Unreliable Narrator | 第52-57页 |
| 3. Unreliable Narration in First-person Present Tense Narrative Text | 第57-60页 |
| 4. Thematic Significance of Unreliable Narration | 第60-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Works Cited | 第66-70页 |
| Publication | 第70页 |
