| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-8页 |
| Preface | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One A General Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Vanity Fair | 第12-14页 |
| ·An Account of the Author William Makepeace Thackeray | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Historical Background | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two General Theory about Narrative | 第16-22页 |
| ·The Definition of Narrative | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Author and the Implied Author | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Narrator and the Narratee | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Implied Reader and the Implied Author | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Narrative Functions of the Narrator in VanityFair | 第22-30页 |
| ·Five Functions of the Narrator Advanced by Gerard Genette | 第22-23页 |
| ·Narrative Functions Performed by the Narrator in Vanity Fair | 第23-30页 |
| ·The Directing Function | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Communicative Function | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Testimonial Function | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Ideological Function | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four Effects of the Narrator's Narration | 第30-46页 |
| ·Effects on the Narrative Style of the Novel | 第30-37页 |
| ·Multiple Perspective Transformations of the Narrator | 第30-35页 |
| ·Shifts of Dimension Manipulated by the Narrator | 第35-37页 |
| ·Effects on the Reader's Aesthetic Reading | 第37-46页 |
| ·Effects on the Reader's Understanding of the Novel | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Narrator Keeps the Reader Away from the Characters | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Reader Experiences the Sentiment of the Reality Directed by the Narrator | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Awareness of the Unreliability of the Narrator | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Consciousness Required to Reconstruct the Text Value | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-47页 |
| Notes | 第47-50页 |
| References | 第50-51页 |
