| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Definition of Genre | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance of Research of Genre Evolution in American Postmodernist Novels | 第10页 |
| ·Purpose of the Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| ·Organization | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Cultural Background of Postmodernist Novels | 第12-20页 |
| ·Modernism and Postmodernism | 第12-14页 |
| ·Postmodernism and Postmodernist Novel | 第14-15页 |
| ·Postmodernist Viewpoints on Genre | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Literature of Exhaustion | 第17-18页 |
| ·Deconstructionism | 第18页 |
| ·Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 3 New Concepts in Relation to Postmodernist Novels | 第20-32页 |
| ·Intertextuality | 第20-23页 |
| ·Introduction to Intertextuality | 第20-21页 |
| ·Reviews on Intertextuality in the Field of Genre Study | 第21-22页 |
| ·Intertextuality as a Typical Feature of Postmodernist Novels | 第22-23页 |
| ·Parody | 第23-25页 |
| ·Definition of Parody | 第23页 |
| ·Links between Parody and Postmodernism and Parody as a Typical Form of Intertextuality | 第23-25页 |
| ·Hypertext | 第25-28页 |
| ·Introduction to Hypertext | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Fragmentary Text and the Hypertextual Links | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Nonlinear and Multidirectional Journey in Hypertext | 第28页 |
| ·Readers' Role and Postmodernist Novels | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Death of the Author | 第28-29页 |
| ·Readerly and Writerly Texts | 第29-30页 |
| ·Readers' Role in Postmodernist Novels | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of New Modes and New Discourse in American Postmodernist Novels | 第32-46页 |
| ·New Modes of American Postmodernist Novels | 第32-39页 |
| ·Combination of Novel and Non-novel | 第32-33页 |
| ·Combination of Reality and Fiction | 第33-34页 |
| ·Combination of Science Fiction and Fiction | 第34-36页 |
| ·Combination of Serious Novel and Popular Novel | 第36-37页 |
| ·Combination of Fairy Tale and Fiction | 第37-38页 |
| ·Combination of Novels and Other Art Forms | 第38-39页 |
| ·New Types of Discourse in American Postmodernist Novels | 第39-46页 |
| ·Cross-genre Irony | 第40页 |
| ·Direct Speech of Characters Used as Narrative Discourse | 第40-42页 |
| ·Vivid Advertising Discourse as Narrativc Discourse | 第42页 |
| ·Inserting Author's Voice in Narrative Discourse | 第42-43页 |
| ·Hypertextual Narrative Discourse | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Analysis of Genre Evolution in Certain American Postmodernist Novels | 第46-65页 |
| ·The Babysitter and Its Postmodernist Narrative Features | 第46-56页 |
| ·Robert Coover and The Babysitter: Some Preliminary Remarks | 第46-47页 |
| ·Reality and Fiction in The Babysitter | 第47-51页 |
| ·Unique Arrangement of Narration Blurring the Boundaries between Reality and Fiction | 第47-51页 |
| ·Fragmentation and Its Effects in The Babysitter | 第51-56页 |
| ·Reader's Choice in Reading The Babysitter | 第56页 |
| ·Snow White and Its Intertextuality | 第56-65页 |
| ·Donald Barthelme and His Snow White: Some Preliminary Remarks | 第57页 |
| ·Parodistic Intertextuality | 第57-60页 |
| ·Narrative Discourse and Loss of Language Value | 第60-65页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| ·Discussion | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-74页 |
