| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Part One Brief Introduction to the Author and His Novel Lost in the Funhouse | 第9-21页 |
| 1．1． Brief Introduction to the Author | 第9-10页 |
| 1．2． Brief Introduction to Lost in the Funhouse | 第10-14页 |
| 1．3． Critical Responses to Lost in the Funhouse | 第14-21页 |
| Part Two The Recurring Themes of Metafiction—A Background of the Thematic Analysis of Lost in the Funhouse | 第21-33页 |
| 2．1． Brief Introduction to Metafiction | 第21-25页 |
| 2．1．1． The Definition of Metafiction | 第21-22页 |
| 2．1．2． The Background of the Rise of Metafiction | 第22-25页 |
| 2．2． The Recurring themes in Metafiction Related to the Present Analysis | 第25-33页 |
| 2．2．1． Theme One：Philosophical Questions of the Relationship between Reality and Fiction | 第25-27页 |
| 2．2．2． Theme Two：The Exposure of Fictionality | 第27-30页 |
| 2．2．3． ThemeThree:The New Relationship Between Writing and Reading | 第30-33页 |
| Part Three An Analysis of the Metafictional Themes in Lost in the Funhouse | 第33-57页 |
| 3．1． Theme One:The Fictionality of Reality | 第33-38页 |
| 3．2． Theme Two: The Exposure of Narrative Artifice | 第38-44页 |
| 3．3． The Three: The Struggle of Writers and the Call for the Participation of Readers | 第44-57页 |
| 3．3．1． The Struggle of Writers | 第45-51页 |
| 3．3．2． The Call for Readers' Participation in Fictive Construction | 第51-57页 |
| Part Four Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Notes | 第59-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
