| Abstract | 第3页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Introduction | 第6-17页 |
| 1. Introduction to E.L. Doctorow | 第6-8页 |
| 2.Introduction to Homer and Langley | 第8-10页 |
| 3. Literature Review | 第10-13页 |
| 3.1 Domestic Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| 3.2 Foreign Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| 4. Theoretical Framework, Thesis Argument and Thesis Contents | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter One The Blending of History and Fiction in Homer and Langley | 第17-26页 |
| 1.1 The Reflection of History in Homer and Langley | 第18-23页 |
| 1.1.1 Historical Events Reflected in Homer and Langley | 第18-22页 |
| 1.1.1.1 The Wars | 第19-21页 |
| 1.1.1.2 The Social Progression | 第21页 |
| 1.1.1.3 The Social Unrest | 第21-22页 |
| 1.1.2 Collyer Brothers in History | 第22-23页 |
| 1.2 Doctorow’s Rewriting of Collyer Brothers | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Two Homer and Langley as a Metaphor of History | 第26-39页 |
| 2.1 The Metaphor of Garbage as a Consuming Society in Homer and Langley .. 23 | 第27-33页 |
| 2.1.1 The Consuming Society | 第28-29页 |
| 2.1.2 The Metaphorical Meaning of Garbage | 第29-31页 |
| 2.1.3 The Metaphorical Meaning of Newspapers | 第31-33页 |
| 2.2 Figures as Metaphors of History in Homer and Langley | 第33-39页 |
| 2.2.1 Homer as a Witness of History | 第34-36页 |
| 2.2.2 Jacqueline as an Epochal Listener of History | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three The Relationship Between History and the Individual Reflected in Homer and Langley | 第39-47页 |
| 3.1 The Impact of History on the Individual | 第40-44页 |
| 3.1.1 Langley’s Spiritual Trauma Left by the War | 第40-42页 |
| 3.1.2 The Inevitable Choice of a Hermit Lifestyle | 第42-44页 |
| 3.2 The Individual’s Response to History | 第44-47页 |
| 3.2.1 The Brotherhood between Homer and Langley | 第44-45页 |
| 3.2.2 One’s Acceptance of History | 第45-47页 |
| Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52页 |
