Acknowledgements
Abstract in Chinese
Abstract in English
Introduction
0.1 Robert Coover -- An Usher in a New Era
0.2 Briar Rose and the Home Page of Briar Rose
0.3 The Research Topic and the Structure of the Thesis
Chapter 1 Some Basic Ideas about Postmodernist Fiction
1.1 What is Postmodernist Fiction?
1.2 Some Features of Postmodernist Fiction
Chapter 2 Work·Text·Hypertext
2.1 From Work to Text
2.1.1 The Work and the Establishment of the Notion of Work
2.1.2 The Text and Classification of Texts
2.1.3 Comparison between the Work and the Text
2.2 From Text to Hypertext
2.2.1 The Hypertext and Its Classification
2.2.2 Some Features of Hypertext
Chapter 3 Briar Rose as a Loose-Leaf Fiction
3.1 Briar Rose and the Loose-Leaf Fiction
3.1.1 Loose-Leaf Fiction
3.1.2 General Introduction to the Features of Loose-Leaf Fiction Displayed in Briar Rose
3.2 Narrative Techniques of Briar Rose
3.2.1 Parody
3.2.2 Multiple Levels of Reality
3.2.3 Indeterminacy
3.2.4 Metafictional Elements
Chapter 4 Briar Rose as a Hypertext Fiction
4.1 Hypertext Fiction
4.1.1 Electronic Literature
4.2 Briar Rose as a Hypertext Fiction
4.2.1 The Experiment of Briar Rose Home Page
4.2.2 Some Features of Briar Rose as a Hypertext Fiction
Chapter 5 Conclusion: The End of Books?
Works Cited
