| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-19页 |
| 1.1 Norman Mailer and An American Dream | 第12-17页 |
| 1.2 The American Dream's Dilemmas Discussed in This Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO NEW HISTORICISM AND LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-33页 |
| 2.1 Theoretical Basis | 第19-24页 |
| 2.2 Literature Review | 第24-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE AMERICAN DREAM'S DILEMMAS UNDERHISTORICITY OF TEXTS IN AN AMERICAN DREAM | 第33-48页 |
| 3.1 Historical Roots of the Dream's Dilemmas from Individual Perspective | 第33-38页 |
| 3.1.1 Similarities between Norman Mailer and Rojack | 第33-35页 |
| 3.1.2 Names in fiction and in reality | 第35-38页 |
| 3.2 Historical Roots of the Dream's Dilemmas from Social Perspective | 第38-48页 |
| 3.2.1 Feminist movement and struggle of women | 第39-41页 |
| 3.2.2 Civil Rights Movement and discrimination of African Americans | 第41-43页 |
| 3.2.3 Wealth accumulation and self-destruction of celebrities | 第43-45页 |
| 3.2.4 Incomplete judicial system and judicial injustice of officers | 第45-48页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE AMERICAN DREAM'S DILEMMAS UNDERTEXTUALITY OF HISTORY IN AN AMERICAN DREAM | 第48-63页 |
| 4.1 Spiritual Dilemmas of Rojack in Pursuit of the Dream | 第48-54页 |
| 4.1.1 Rojack's paradoxical feelings in inner world | 第49-52页 |
| 4.1.2 Rojack's moral dilemmas in pursuit of the dream | 第52-54页 |
| 4.2 Identity Dilemmas of Certain Communities in Pursuit of the Dream | 第54-63页 |
| 4.2.1 Female identity establishment failure | 第55-57页 |
| 4.2.2 African-American Cultural identity crisis | 第57-58页 |
| 4.2.3 Identity transformation plight of celebrities | 第58-60页 |
| 4.2.4 Identity contradictions of officers | 第60-63页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第63-66页 |
| NOTES | 第66-68页 |
| REFERENCES | 第68-71页 |
