| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One: LETTERS as a Thriller Form of the Heterocosm | 第15-35页 |
| ·Barth’s Pursuit of New Literary Forms | 第15-20页 |
| ·Mise en Abyme as Barth’s Extreme Use of Radicalized Form | 第20-25页 |
| ·Regenerating the Epistolary Novel with New Literary Functions | 第25-30页 |
| ·Epistolary Novel as a Postmodern Labyrinth | 第30-35页 |
| Chapter Two: Cultural Aspects of the Heterocosm in LETTERS | 第35-54页 |
| ·History Motif as a Creation of Myth | 第36-41页 |
| ·Barth’s Self-Referentiality | 第41-47页 |
| ·Barth’s Allusions to Literature | 第47-50页 |
| ·Analysis of Myth as Culture in LETTERS | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter Three: The Heterocosmic Landscape in LETTERS | 第54-75页 |
| ·The Imaginary Landscape Created in LETTERS | 第55-61页 |
| ·LETTERS as a Fiction upon Fiction and Its Artistry | 第61-67页 |
| ·Word-Versus-Image Effect through Imagination by the Reader | 第67-75页 |
| Conclusion | 第75-77页 |
| Works Cited | 第77-80页 |
