| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·Philip Roth—The Living Literary Legend | 第11-14页 |
| ·Philip Roth's Masterpiece——American Pastoral | 第14-16页 |
| ·Critical Reviews of American Pastoral at Home and Abroad | 第16-18页 |
| ·Objectives and Structure of the Thesis | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第21-29页 |
| ·Postmodernism and Modernism | 第21-25页 |
| ·American Postmodernist Fiction | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Postmodernism Reflected in the Multiple Themes of American Pastoral | 第29-42页 |
| ·The End of Reason and Order | 第29-33页 |
| ·The Rational Men in the Irrational World | 第29-30页 |
| ·Disorder and Irrationality in the Society | 第30-31页 |
| ·Disorder and Irrationality in the Family | 第31-33页 |
| ·American Dreams in The Lost Paradise | 第33-37页 |
| ·Evolvement of the American Dream | 第33-35页 |
| ·Lou Levov's American Dream in the Lost Paradise | 第35-36页 |
| ·Seymour Levov's American Dream in the Lost Paradise | 第36-37页 |
| ·Confusion and Loss of Identity | 第37-42页 |
| ·Confusion and Loss of Identity in the Postmodern Society | 第37-38页 |
| ·Seymour Levov's Loss of His Identity | 第38-39页 |
| ·Merry Levov's Confusion in the Search for Her Identity | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter 4 Roth's Postmodernist Strategies to Construct the Themes of American Pastoral | 第42-56页 |
| ·Roth's Postmodernist Writing Techniques in American Pastoral | 第42-50页 |
| ·Parody as Postmodernist Code | 第42-45页 |
| ·Nostalgia as Postmodernist Pattern | 第45-50页 |
| ·Roth's Postmodernist Narrative Art in American Pastoral | 第50-56页 |
| ·Fragmented Plot | 第50-53页 |
| ·A Blend of History and Fiction | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| References | 第59-63页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间科研成果 | 第63页 |
