| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第9-13页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance and Purpose of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Methodology of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-18页 |
| ·Studies on Toni Morrison | 第13-15页 |
| ·Studies on A Mercy | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第18-27页 |
| ·Narrative Stylistics | 第18-20页 |
| ·Point of View | 第20-22页 |
| ·Mode of Speech Presentation | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter Four NARRATIVE STYLISTICS ANALYSIS ON NARRATIVE LEVEL | 第27-42页 |
| ·The First-person Internal Point of View in A Mercy | 第27-32页 |
| ·The Third-person Point of View in A Mercy | 第32-37页 |
| ·The third-person internal point of view of Jacob | 第32-35页 |
| ·The third-person external point of view of the narrator | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Shifts of Point of View | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter Five NARRATIVE STYLISTICS ANALYSIS ON SPEECH LEVEL | 第42-56页 |
| ·Use of Free Direct Speech | 第42-49页 |
| ·The free direct speech with introductory reporting clause but no quotation marks | 第43-45页 |
| ·The free direct speech without introductory reporting clause and quotation marks | 第45-49页 |
| ·Use of Different Modes of Speech Presentation | 第49-56页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第56-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62-63页 |
| Resume | 第63页 |