声明
Acknowledgement
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Introduction
0.1 Nadine Gordimer and July’s People
0.2 Literature Review of July’s People
0.3 Postmodernism and Postmodern Narration
0.4 The Proposed Structure of the Thesis
Chapter One The Ambiguity of Characters
1.1 Ambiguous Personalities of July
1.2 Ambivalent Personalities of Maureen
1.3 Variable Personalities of Bam
Chapter Two The Postmodernity of Narrative Structure
2.1 Non-linear Narrative Pattern in July’s People
2.2 Parodies in July’s People
2.3 The Open Ending in July’s People
Chapter Three The Diversification of Narrative Focalization
3.1 External Narrative Focus in July’s People
3.2 Internal Narrative Focus in July’s People
3.3 The Combination of External and Internal Focus
Conelusion
Works Cited