| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-24页 |
| ·The Object of the Study | 第13-18页 |
| ·The Scope of the Study | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Aim of the Study | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two The Violated Boundary between History and Literature | 第24-35页 |
| ·The Removal of the Distinction between History and Literature by New Historicists | 第24-29页 |
| ·W. Styron’s Identification with New Historicists | 第29-35页 |
| Chapter Three The Demonstration of New Historicists’ New Concept of History and Texts in Sophie’s Choice | 第35-49页 |
| ·New Historicists’New Concept of History | 第35-38页 |
| ·New Concept of Texts: the Historicity of Texts and the Textuality of History | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Historicity of Sophie’s Choice | 第40-45页 |
| ·The Textuality of Sophie’s and Stingo’s History | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter Four The Thematic Significance of Sophie’s Choice from New Historicist Point of View | 第49-72页 |
| ·The Evil of Humanity | 第51-58页 |
| ·Conscious Evil | 第51-55页 |
| ·Unconscious Evil | 第55-58页 |
| ·The Destructiveness of Guilt | 第58-62页 |
| ·Sophie’s Sense of Guilt | 第58-61页 |
| ·Stingo’s Sense of Guilt | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Difficulty of Salvation | 第62-72页 |
| ·Dr. Jemand von Niemand’s Redemption | 第62-65页 |
| ·Sophie’s Expiation | 第65-72页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第72-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-79页 |
