Acknowledgements 5-6 Abstract（Chinese) 6-8 Abstract（English) 8 Chapter One A Brief Introduction to Sartre‘sConcept of Existential Freedom and John Fowles’ Philosophical Thoughts 11-17 1．1 Ageneral intr oduction to existentialism 11-12 1．2 Sartre‘s concept of existential freedom 12-14 1．3 John Fowles and hisphilosophical thoughts 14-17 Chapter Two The Expression of the Theme of Existential Freedom in The French Lieutenant’s Woman 17-30 1．1 Introduction 17 1．2 Asummary of current literary views 17-18 1．3 Anxiety for freedom 18-24 1．4 Free choices and actions 24-27 1．5 Resp onsibilities of Sarah and Charles 27-30 Chapter Three The Changes of the RolesoftheAuthor,Character and Reader in Realist and Postmodernist Texts 30-33 1．1 Realisttext and therolesoftheauthor,character and reader in it 30-32 1．2 Deconstruction‘s theory of language and therolesoftheauthor,character and reader in postmodernist text 32-33 Chapter Four Postmodern Narrative Techniquesin The French Lieutenant’s Woman and Their Embodiments of the Theme of Existential Freedom 33-47 1．1 Introduction 34 1．2 Three postmodern narrativet echniques and theirem bodim ents of the theme 34-47 Chapter Five Conclusion 47-48 Bibliography 48 |
