| Acknowledgement | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| 1.1 Salman Rushdie and Midnight's Children | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第12-16页 |
| 1.3 Focus and structure of the thesis | 第16-19页 |
| 2. The Incredibility of History Writing of the Protagonist | 第19-31页 |
| 2.1 Saleem as an unreliable narrator for his lost omniscient power | 第19-24页 |
| 2.2 Saleem as a self-conscious narrator for his active self-disclosure | 第24-28页 |
| 2.3 Saleem as an unstable narrator for his complicated identity | 第28-31页 |
| 3. The Truth of Indian History Writing in Midnight's Children | 第31-40页 |
| 3.1 A subjective human construct | 第31-35页 |
| 3.2 An ideological reflection of the political powers in India | 第35-40页 |
| 4. The Query about the Authenticity of Indian History | 第40-50页 |
| 4.1 The subversion of the authoritative history with parody | 第40-45页 |
| 4.2 The introspection with a different version of Indian history | 第45-50页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第50-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-55页 |
