| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| 0.1 Introduction to E.L. Doctorow | 第9-11页 |
| 0.2 Ragtime and its Literary Review | 第11-14页 |
| 0.3 Jewish Identity Construction | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter One Tateh's Identity risis in Ragtime | 第17-26页 |
| 1.1 Tateh's Survival Predicaments | 第17-21页 |
| 1.1.1 Tateh's poverty in daily life | 第17-19页 |
| 1.1.2 Tateh's failure in family life | 第19-21页 |
| 1.2 Tateh's Value Conflicts | 第21-26页 |
| 1.2.1 Tateh's Jewish Values | 第21-22页 |
| 1.2.2 American Values in Ragtime | 第22-23页 |
| 1.2.3 Value Conflicts between Tateh and American society | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Two Confusion of Jewish Identity in Ragtime | 第26-35页 |
| 2.1 Wandering Jew | 第26-28页 |
| 2.1.1 Tateh's Wandering Way | 第26-28页 |
| 2.1.2 Tateh's Emotional Wandering | 第28页 |
| 2.2 Tateh's Confusion | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2.1 Tateh's Sexual Confusion | 第29-30页 |
| 2.2.2 Confusion about Social system in America | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3 Partial Obeying to the Jewish Traditions | 第31-35页 |
| 2.3.1 The Changing in Clothing for Tateh | 第31-32页 |
| 2.3.2 Obeying the Traditional Jewish marriage | 第32-33页 |
| 2.3.3 The Changing in Values for Tateh | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Jewish identity Construction in Ragtime | 第35-45页 |
| 3.1 Family Relationships in Ragtime | 第35-41页 |
| 3.1.1 Relationship between Tateh and Mameh | 第35-37页 |
| 3.1.2 Relationship between Tateh and his daughter | 第37-39页 |
| 3.1.3 Relationship between Houdini and his mother | 第39-40页 |
| 3.1.4 Jewish Family Education | 第40-41页 |
| 3.2 Jewish Identity in Social Beliefs | 第41-45页 |
| 3.2.1 Socialist Belief | 第41-42页 |
| 3.2.2 Stable Jewish Notion and Jewish Identity | 第42-45页 |
| Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Works Cited | 第47-50页 |
