声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
CONTENTS
CHAPTERONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 Saul Bellow and His works
1.2 The Theme of Quest
1.3 The Overall Structure
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Research on Quest Literature and Bellovian Fiction Abroad
2.2 Research on Quest Literature and Bellovian Fiction in China
CHAPTER THREE DIFFERENCES IN QUEST PURPOSES
3.1 traditional quest literature
3.1.1 From the 5th Century AD to Medieval Age
3.1.2 From the Renaissance to the 20th Century
3.2 In Bellovian Fiction
3.2.1 Escape in Herzog
3.2.2 Self in Seize the Day
CHAPTER FOUR DIFFERENCES IN QUESTERS
4.1 Traditional Questers
4.1.1 Heroic Character
4.1.2 Return as Winners
4.2 Bellovian Questers
4.2.1 Anti-heroic Character
4.2.2 Return as Losers
CHAPTER FIVE DIFFERENCES IN NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES
5.1 Stream of Consciousness
5.2 Time Control
5.3 Open-Ending
CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION
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