| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| 1 An Introduction to Ian McEwan and His Works | 第11-12页 |
| 2 Black Dogs and the Scholarship | 第12-16页 |
| 3 Significance and Major Arguments of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 1 The Term of Historiographic Metafiction | 第17-26页 |
| 1.1 The Definition of Historiographic Metafiction | 第17-18页 |
| 1.2 Understanding Historiographic Metafiction from the Perspective of Etymology | 第18-21页 |
| 1.2.1 Metafiction | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2.2 Historiography | 第19-21页 |
| 1.3 Specific Issues of Historiographic Metafiction | 第21-26页 |
| 1.3.1 History and Fiction in Postmodern Discourse | 第21-22页 |
| 1.3.2 The Nature of Identity and Subjectivity | 第22-24页 |
| 1.3.3 The Question of Reference and Representation | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter2 The Narrative Modes of Historiographic Metafiction in Black Dogs | 第26-44页 |
| 2.1 Unreliable Multi-layered Narrative | 第26-34页 |
| 2.1.1 Mise-en-abyme | 第26-30页 |
| 2.1.2 Multiple Internal Focalizations | 第30-34页 |
| 2.2 Intertextuality: Reference to the Past | 第34-44页 |
| 2.2.1 Extratextuality: Reference to Historical Events and Literary Works | 第36-40页 |
| 2.2.2. Intratextuality: Recurrence of Evil Things | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter 3 Reflection on Historical Writing of Black Dogs as Historiographic Metafiction | 第44-57页 |
| 3.1 Alternative Version of History before the Fall of Berlin Wall | 第46-51页 |
| 3.2 Alternative Version of History of the Fall of Berlin Wall | 第51-57页 |
| Chapter 4 Reflection on Ethical Choices of Black Dogs as Historiographic Metafiction | 第57-70页 |
| 4.1 The Ethical Choices in the Relationship between Husband and Wife | 第58-65页 |
| 4.2 The Ethical Choices in the Relationship between Parents and Children | 第65-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-76页 |
