| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| Chapter 1 John Barth's Parody and its Dual Nature of Negation | 第19-30页 |
| 1.1 John Barth's Parody and its Characteristics | 第19-26页 |
| 1.1.1 The "Exhaustion" and Relpenishment of Literature | 第19-23页 |
| 1.1.2 John Barth's Parody | 第23-26页 |
| 1.2 Negation Pattern in Carnivalisque Parody and its Dual Nature | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter 2 the Degradation and Depreciation of Heroes | 第30-37页 |
| 2.1 Mythic and High Mimetic Mode Heroes and Degraded Non-heroes | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2 Degradation of Perseus in Chimera | 第31-37页 |
| 2.2.1 The Degradation of Perseus | 第31-34页 |
| 2.2.2 The Significance of Degradation | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter 3 The Centralization of the Peripheral Character | 第37-47页 |
| 3.1 Reversed Role Settings and Narration Voice | 第37-39页 |
| 3.2 The Centralization of Dunyazadiad in Chimera | 第39-47页 |
| 3.2.1 The Images and Functions of Dunyazadiad | 第39-43页 |
| 3.2.2 The Significance in Dunyazadiad's Voice and Her Awakening | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Dramatization and Bathos of the Original Ending | 第47-53页 |
| 4.1 Common Sense Ending and Unexpected Surprise | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2 Dramatization and Bathos in Chimera | 第48-53页 |
| 4.2.1 Plot Development in Chimera | 第48-51页 |
| 4.2.2 The Significance in Bathos | 第51-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| Reference | 第55-56页 |
