科麦克·麦卡锡小说的混沌世界

当西方遇见东方——混沌思维与外国文学研究
Abstract
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
I. McCarthy's Literary Career and Achievements
II. McCarthy Studies at Home and Abroad
III. The Framework of Chaos in Cormac McCarthy's Fiction
Chapter One Chaos, Spatiality, Postmodernism and McCarthy
I. Chaos and Chaos Theory
II. Chinese Chaos: The Book of Changes
Ill. Literary Criticism and Chaos Theory
IV. Space, Spatial Form and Chaos
Chapter Two Order, Disorder and Nonlinearity: Chaos and Wilderness
I. Epistemic Shift
II. From Civilization to Wilderness: Nonlinearity in Child of God
III. Orderly Disorder and Disorderly Order: Violence in Blood Meridian
Chapter Three Iteration, Indeterminacy and the Butterfly Effect:Narrative Strategies as Chaos
I. Iteration and "Chaos Sandwich": Blood Meridian
I1. Indeterminacy in The Road
III. Chance and Chaos: the Butterfly Effect in No Country for Old Men
Chapter Four Strange Attractor, Fractals and Self-Similarities:Spatial Configuration as Chaos
I. Strange Attractors, Fractals and Dynamic Spatiality
II.Journey, Dream and Chaos: Strange Attractor in All the Pretty Horses
III. "All Tales are One": Fractals in The Crossing
Conclusion
Works Cited
Acknowledgments
致小说家科麦克·麦卡锡