| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| ·Critical Responses Abroad | 第8-11页 |
| ·Domestic Critical Responses | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of Choosing the Topic | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Functions of the Narrator in Barchester Towers | 第15-25页 |
| ·Five Functions of the Narrator Advanced by Chatmen | 第15页 |
| ·Functions of the Narrator in Barchester Tower | 第15-25页 |
| ·The Communicating Function | 第15-19页 |
| ·The Commentary Function | 第19-25页 |
| ·Commentary on the Discourse | 第20-21页 |
| ·Commentary on the Story | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Three Effects of the Narrator's Narration | 第25-40页 |
| ·Effects on the Narrative Style of the Novel | 第25-28页 |
| ·Multiple Perspective Transformation of the Narrator | 第25-27页 |
| ·Shifts of Dimension Manipulated by the Narrator | 第27-28页 |
| ·Effects on the Reader's Understanding of the Novel | 第28-40页 |
| ·Aesthetic Distancing Achieved by the Narrator in Barchester Towers | 第28-33页 |
| ·The Narrative Unreliability of the Ominiscient Narrator in Barchester Towers | 第33-38页 |
| ·The Consciousness Required to Reconstruct the Text Value | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第40-42页 |
| Works Cited | 第42-45页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第45页 |
