| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| 0.1 Introduction to E.L.Doctorow and Homer and Langley | 第9-11页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review | 第11-13页 |
| 0.3 Thesis Statement | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Basis | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1 Origin and Development of New Historicism | 第14-16页 |
| 1.2 Definition and Characteristics of New Historicism | 第16-18页 |
| 1.3 Application of New Historicism | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two The Historicity of Text | 第20-29页 |
| 2.1 The Historical Prototypes of the Brothers | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2 The Re-creations of the Historical Incident | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3 The Artistic Treatment of the Incident by E. L. Doctorow | 第24-29页 |
| 2.3.1 The Change of Lifetime | 第25页 |
| 2.3.2 The Migration of Location | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3.3 The Exchange of Identities | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3.4 The Selection of Angle | 第27页 |
| 2.3.5 The Shift of Main Emphasis | 第27页 |
| 2.3.6 Characterization of Nobodies | 第27页 |
| 2.3.7 Skillful Use of Real Factors | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3.8 The Open Ending | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Three The Textuality of History | 第29-49页 |
| 3.1 The Intertextuality of Historical Context | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.1 The Fuzziness of the Two Brothers’ Prototypes | 第30页 |
| 3.1.2 The Numerousness of Social Sources | 第30-31页 |
| 3.1.3 The Aphasia of the Recluses | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 The Lowercasing of Big History | 第32-49页 |
| 3.2.1 The Marginalization of the Two Brothers | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.2 The Incompleteness of Homer’s Identity | 第33页 |
| 3.2.3 The Civilianization of Narrative Standpoint | 第33-47页 |
| 3.2.4 Microlization of Narrative Mode | 第47页 |
| 3.2.5 The Individualization of Historical Perspective | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four History and Present | 第49-62页 |
| 4.1 The Guidance History Given to Modern Society | 第50-54页 |
| 4.1.1 The Anti-war Thought | 第50-51页 |
| 4.1.2 The Satire and Criticism of News and Media | 第51-52页 |
| 4.1.3 Compulsive Hoarding | 第52-54页 |
| 4.2 Switching Between Present and Past | 第54-57页 |
| 4.3 The Comment of Voice-over | 第57-59页 |
| 4.4 The Recurrence of Scene and Locale | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Five Subversion, Restraint and Containment of Power | 第62-76页 |
| 5.1 The Conceptions of Subversion, Restraint and Containment | 第62页 |
| 5.2 The Embodiment of the Three Conceptions in the Text | 第62-63页 |
| 5.3 The Concrete Operating Process of the Three Conceptions in the Text | 第63-76页 |
| 5.3.1 Life Details—The Foreshadowing of Subversion | 第64-65页 |
| 5.3.2 Weekly Tea Dance—The Positive Subversion to the Society | 第65-67页 |
| 5.3.3 The Order of Shutters—The Beginning of Negative Subversion | 第67-68页 |
| 5.3.4 The Association with the Hippies—The Subversion with A Community | 第68-71页 |
| 5.3.5 The Never-opened Shutters—The Intermediate Phase of the NegativeSubversion | 第71-73页 |
| 5.3.6 Complete Self-reliance—The Ultimate Subversion | 第73-76页 |
| Conclusion | 第76-78页 |
| Works Cited | 第78-81页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间所发表的学术论文 | 第81-83页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第83页 |
