Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Martin Amis and Time’s Arrow
1.1.1 Martin Amis
1.1.2 Time’s Arrow
1.2 Literature review
1.3 Research objectives
1.4 Structure of the thesis
Chapter Two Pursuit of Moral Essentialism Behind the Inversed Time
2.1 Debates over time
2.1.1 Circular time
2.1.2 Linear time
2.2 Time in Time’s Arrow
2.2.1 Inversed time
2.2.2 Significance of time inversion
Chapter Three Pursuit of Truth Behind the Split Protagonist
3.1 Debates over subject
3.1.1 Unified subject
3.1.2 Split subject
3.2 Subject in Time’s Arrow
3.2.1 Split subject of the protagonist
3.2.2 Significance of the sprit subject
Chapter Four Pursuit of Referentiality Behind Textuality
4.1 Debates over history
4.1.1 Definition of history
4.1.2 Traditional optimism
4.1.3 Contemporary challenges
4.2 The Holocaust in Time’s Arrow
4.2.1 The Holocaust in shallow structure
4.2.2 The Holocaust in deep structure
Chapter Five Conclusion
Works Cited
个人简介
Publications
声明