| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-23页 |
| 1.1 Saul Bellow and Humboldt's Gift | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第12-22页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Realistic and Modernistic Literary Creation | 第23-27页 |
| 2.1 Realism and Modernism | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2 Mixture of Realism and Modernism in Humboldt's Gift | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Polyphonic Narrative Skills in Humboldt's Gift | 第27-44页 |
| 3.1 Theory of Polyphonic Novel | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2 Comprehensive Use of Various Person Perspectives | 第29-35页 |
| 3.2.1 First-Person Perspective | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2.2 Second-Person Perspective | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.3 Third-Person Perspective | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3 Coexistence of Open and Dark Line in Humboldt's Gift | 第35-39页 |
| 3.4 Crisscross of Time and the Shift of Space | 第39-40页 |
| 3.5 Combination of Various Literary Styles | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Comic and Rhetorical Language in Humboldt's Gift | 第44-64页 |
| 4.1 Comic Style of Language Under the Tragic Tone | 第44-54页 |
| 4.1.1 Contrast-The Characters' Dual Personality | 第46-49页 |
| 4.1.2 Irony-The Criticism of All Americans | 第49-50页 |
| 4.1.3 Humor-The Incompatibility between People and Environment | 第50-54页 |
| 4.2 Rhetorical Devices in Humboldt's Gift | 第54-64页 |
| 4.2.1 Allusion | 第54-55页 |
| 4.2.2 Pun | 第55-56页 |
| 4.2.3 Transferred Epithet | 第56-57页 |
| 4.2.4 Simile | 第57-59页 |
| 4.2.5 Symbolism | 第59-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Works Cited | 第66-69页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第69页 |
