| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-17页 |
| 1.1 Thomas Pynchon and His Literary Position | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| 1.3 The Aim and Significance of the Research | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Entropy and Its Metaphorical Meaning | 第17-26页 |
| 2.1. Entropy and Its Scientific Definition | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2. Entropy and Its Metaphorical Meaning | 第19-21页 |
| 2.3. Entropy and Its Use in Pynchon’s Fictional World | 第21-26页 |
| Chapter Three Entropy and Its Use in The Crying of Lot 49 | 第26-44页 |
| 3.1 Oedipa and Her Entropic Fate in an Entropic Society | 第26-32页 |
| 3.2 Marginalization and Resistance to Institutionalization | 第32-37页 |
| 3.3 The Tragic Figures and Their Uncertain Life | 第37-44页 |
| Chapter Four Entropy and Its Symbolic Meaning in The Crying of Lot 49 | 第44-57页 |
| 4.1 Man and His Entropic Being | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2 Pynchon’s Diagnosis of the Alienated World | 第47-50页 |
| 4.3 The Indeterminacy of Communication | 第50-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| 在学期间的研究成果 | 第62-63页 |
