Introduction Chapter 1 Subversion of Plots 1.1 Young Tristram's Plot 1.2 Toby's Plot 28 1.3 Adult Tristram's Plot Chapter 2 Language Questioned 2.1 Pictures against Writing 2.2 Gestures against Speech 2.3 Instable Words Chapter 3 Circular Thematic Structure 3.1 Exposition 3.2 Development 3.3 Recapitulation Chapter 4 Artistry of Digression 4.1 The Internal Paradigms 4.2 Digression as Rhetoric 4.3 The Integration of Digression and Story 4.4 The Regulation of Digression Chapter 5 Structural Synchronism 5.1 Structural Radiation 5.2 Structural Multiplicity 5.3 Innovative Spirit Chapter 6 Signification of Carnivalesque Narrative Art 6.1 Art as a Reflection of Tristram's Personality 6.2 Tristram as an Alter Ego of His Father and Uncle 6.3 Victory of Non - linearity 6.4 Aesthetic Effects Conclusion Primary References Secondary References