Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Samuel Richardson and His Works
1.2 Brief Introduction of Clarissa
1.3 Significance of the Research
1.4 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Previous Studies on Clarissa
2.1.1 Previous Studies on Clarissa Abroad
2.1.2 Previous Studies on Clarissa at Home
2.2 Clarissa and Epistolary Novel
2.3 Definition and Development of Narratology
2.4 Application of Narratology to Literary Criticism
Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 Genette’s Narrative Discourse Theory
3.2 Chatman’s Narrator Theory
3.3 Zhang He’s Theory on Narrative Structure
Chapter 4 Narrative Strategies in Clarissa
4.1 Narrator
4.1.1 Homodiegetic Narrator
4.1.2 Overt Narrator
4.1.3 Female Gender of the Narrator
4.2 Focalization
4.2.1 Internal Focalization
4.2.2 Narrating Self and Experiencing Self
4.2.3 Multi-Direction Crossing Focalization
4.3 Narrative Structure
4.3.1 Dual Plot
4.3.2 Compound Plot Structure
4.4 Narrative Time
4.4.1 Order—Writing to the Moment
4.4.2 Duration—Abundant Dialogues
4.4.3 Frequency—Multiple Repetition
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Limitations and Suggestions
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