| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| 1.1 William Shakespeare | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Richard Ⅲ | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| 1.4 Objective, Significance, and Structure of the Thesis | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第21-29页 |
| 2.1 The Origin and Development of New Historicism | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2 Major Representatives of New Historicism | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3 Basic Principles of New Historicism | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter Three Shakespeare's Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Historyin Richard Ⅲ | 第29-49页 |
| 3.1 Shakespeare's Deconstruction of History in Richard Ⅲ | 第29-37页 |
| 3.1.1 The making of Tudor Myth | 第29-33页 |
| 3.1.2 From the historical world to the artistic world | 第33-37页 |
| 3.2 Shakespeare's Reconstruction of History in Richard Ⅲ | 第37-49页 |
| 3.2.1 Artistic Representation of the conflicts in Elizabethan Society | 第38-44页 |
| 3.2.2 The revealing of the contemporary issues in Richard Ⅲ | 第44-49页 |
| Chapter Four Shakespeare's Historical Consciousness in Richard Ⅲ | 第49-61页 |
| 4.1 Shakespeare's Use of History | 第49-53页 |
| 4.1.1 The chant of patriotic triumph | 第50-51页 |
| 4.1.2 The providential restoration of order | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2 Shakespeare's Deep Concern of Humanism | 第53-56页 |
| 4.2.1 The evil of human nature | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2.2 Shakespeare's ideas of humanism | 第55-56页 |
| 4.3 Shakespeare's Artistic Skills in Expressing His Historical Consciousness | 第56-61页 |
| 4.3.1 The blending of fact and fiction | 第56-58页 |
| 4.3.2 The mutual reference of texts | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Works Cited | 第63-69页 |
| 攻读硕士期间科研成果 | 第69页 |
