| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| 1. Significance of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| 2. Structure of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One The Known World and the Theory of Defamiliarization | 第13-24页 |
| ·Edward P. Jones and The Known World | 第13-17页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第17-19页 |
| ·Theory of Defamiliarization | 第19-24页 |
| Chapter Two Defamiliarization in Language | 第24-36页 |
| ·Simile and Metaphor | 第25-29页 |
| ·Irony | 第29-30页 |
| ·Parody | 第30-32页 |
| ·Humor | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Three Defamiliarization in Narrative Strategies | 第36-48页 |
| ·Defamiliarization in Narrative Structure | 第36-40页 |
| ·Prolepsis | 第36-38页 |
| ·Analepsis | 第38-40页 |
| ·Defamiliarization in Perspective | 第40-45页 |
| ·Omniscient Perspective | 第40-42页 |
| ·Limited Perspective | 第42-45页 |
| ·Defamiliarization in Plot | 第45-48页 |
| ·Character and Clue | 第45-46页 |
| ·Discontinuity | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Four Defamiliarization in Theme | 第48-60页 |
| ·Defamiliarization in Binary Oppositional Relationship | 第48-53页 |
| ·Relationship between William and Henry | 第48-50页 |
| ·Relationship between william and Philomena | 第50-53页 |
| ·Defamiliarization in Binary Oppositional Attitudes | 第53-60页 |
| ·Supportive Attitudes of Some Blacks | 第53-56页 |
| ·Dissenting Attitudes of Some Whites | 第56-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Notes | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
| 硕士期间发表论文情况 | 第68页 |