| Abstract (English) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One: Postmodernism and Black Humor | 第11-25页 |
| Ⅰ. Industrial Society and Postmodernism | 第11-13页 |
| i . Postindustrial Society | 第11页 |
| ii. Postindustrialism and Postmodernism: the Basis of Postmodernism | 第11-13页 |
| Ⅱ. Definition, Origin of Black Humor | 第13-18页 |
| i . The Definition of Black Humor | 第13-15页 |
| ii. The Origin of Black Humor | 第15-18页 |
| a. Literary Origin | 第15-16页 |
| b. Theoretical Origin | 第16-18页 |
| Ⅲ. Social Background of Black Humor | 第18-21页 |
| i . Social Background | 第18-19页 |
| ii. The Difference between Black Humor and Traditional Tragedy and Traditional comedy | 第19-21页 |
| Ⅳ. Aesthetics of Black Humor Fiction | 第21-25页 |
| i . Theme in Black Humor Fiction | 第21-23页 |
| ii. Characterization in Black Humor Fiction | 第23-24页 |
| iii. Loose Structure and Fragmentary Plot | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Two: Slaughterhouse-Five—An Illustration of Black Humor Fiction | 第25-35页 |
| Ⅰ. Slaughterhouse-Five, Part of Kurt Vonnegut's Experience | 第25-26页 |
| Ⅱ. Black Humor in Slaughterhouse-Five | 第26-35页 |
| i . Theme of Slaughterhouse-Five—Absurdity | 第26-27页 |
| ii. Characterization in Slaughterhouse-Five | 第27-29页 |
| iii. Artistic Research of Slaughterhouse-Five | 第29-35页 |
| a. Slaughterhouse-Five—Metafiction: A Novel about How to Write This Novel | 第29-31页 |
| b. Structure in Slaughterhouse-Five | 第31-32页 |
| c. Tone—Humorous, Dark, Detached, and Mild | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Three: Black Humor's Influence upon China's Contemporary Fiction Creation | 第35-49页 |
| Ⅰ. The Reason for the Influence of Western Culture upon China's Contemporary Literature | 第35-36页 |
| Ⅱ. The New Humor that Appears in Chinese Contemporary Fiction | 第36-39页 |
| i . The Appearance of the New Humor | 第36-37页 |
| ii. The Connection and Difference between China's Black Humor Fiction and Western Black Humor Fiction | 第37-39页 |
| Ⅲ. Liu Suola's You Have No Other Choice—An Example Influenced by Black Humor | 第39-44页 |
| i . The Satirical Style of Its Language | 第41-42页 |
| ii. The Comic Techniques in Handling the Plot and Scenes | 第42-43页 |
| iii. The Nonlinear Narrative Mode | 第43-44页 |
| Ⅳ. Novels by Xu Xing and Wang Shuo | 第44-47页 |
| i . Novels by Xu Xing | 第44-45页 |
| ii. Novels by Wang Shuo | 第45-47页 |
| Ⅴ. Comment on the Influence and the Significance of Black Humor upon China's Contemporary Fiction | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four: Conclusion | 第49-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第52-53页 |
| Recent Publications | 第53页 |
