| Abstract (in English) | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| 1. Kurt Vonnegut and His Works | 第12-14页 |
| 2. A Review of Major Criticism on Kurt Vonnegut and His Two Novels | 第14-17页 |
| 3. The Aim and Significance of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One Some Theories Concerning Kurt Vonnegut's Works | 第19-26页 |
| ·Postmodernist Fiction | 第19-20页 |
| ·Metafiction | 第20-24页 |
| ·Definition | 第21-22页 |
| ·Metafictional Techniques | 第22-24页 |
| ·Historiographic Metafiction | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Two The Metafictional Techniques Shared in Both Novels | 第26-45页 |
| ·Allusion | 第27-31页 |
| ·Allusion to The Pilgrim's Progress | 第28-30页 |
| ·Allusion to Odyssey | 第30页 |
| ·Allusion to Divine Comedy | 第30-31页 |
| ·Third-person/First-person Intrusion Narratives | 第31-39页 |
| ·Lay Bare the Novel Writing Process and Author's Criticism | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Author as a Character in the Novel | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Author is Fictionalized------Reader's Participation | 第37-39页 |
| ·Mise En Abyme | 第39-45页 |
| ·The Story Level of Mise En Abyme | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Style Level of Mise En Abyme | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Narration Level of Mise En Abyme | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Three The Metafictional Techniques Employed in Slaughterhouse-Five | 第45-59页 |
| ·Montage | 第45-48页 |
| ·Parody | 第48-59页 |
| ·Parody of Jesus Christ | 第48-52页 |
| ·Parody of Garden of Eden | 第52-55页 |
| ·Parody of Official Historical Writing | 第55-56页 |
| ·Parody of Official Historians | 第56-57页 |
| ·Parody of Official Historical Documents | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Four The Metafictional Techniques Employed in Breakfast of Champions | 第59-67页 |
| ·Metafictional Collage | 第60-64页 |
| ·121 Illustrations Drawn by the Author | 第60-62页 |
| ·Collage of Different Handwritings, Literary Genres, Signs and Arrangements of Printed Forms | 第62-63页 |
| ·Self-coined Words and Meanings | 第63页 |
| ·Collage of Erotic Details | 第63-64页 |
| ·Citation before the Preface | 第64页 |
| ·Open Ending | 第64-67页 |
| Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| Notes | 第69-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-77页 |
