| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of the Author and the Novel | 第10-12页 |
| ·About the Author | 第10页 |
| ·About the Novel | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature Review at Home and Abroad | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Domestic and Oversea Research Status on Black Humor Schools | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Domestic and Oversea Research Status on Then We Came to the End | 第13-16页 |
| ·Thesis Statement | 第16-19页 |
| ·Research Contents | 第16-17页 |
| ·Main Research Significance | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two The Review of Black Humor Novels | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Definition and the Features of Black Humor | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Definition of Black Humor | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Features of Black Humor | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Artistic Presentation Forms of Black Humor | 第21-23页 |
| ·Realistic and Freehand Rendering | 第21-22页 |
| ·Absurdity and Detachment | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Relationship among Black Humor and Other Schools of Theory | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Relationship among Black Humor Novel, Modernism Novel and Post-modernism | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Relationship between Black Humor Novel and Existentialism | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three The Narrative Styles and Rhetorical Techniques of Black Humor in Then We Came to the End | 第27-37页 |
| ·Loose Narrative Structure | 第27-32页 |
| ·The Broken Plots | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Fuzzy Concept between the Narrator and the Author | 第29-30页 |
| ·The New Space-and-Time Concept | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Multidimensional Narrative Perspectives | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Usage of Rhetoric Devices | 第32-37页 |
| ·The Usage of Irony | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Usage of Hyperbole | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Usage of Other Rhetoric Methods | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Four The Themes and the Symbolic Significance of the Black Humor in Then We Came to the End | 第37-48页 |
| ·The Themes of Then We Came to the End | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Economic Crisis in the Modern American Society | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Social Crisis in the Modern American Society | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Humanistic Crisis in the Modern American Society | 第40-41页 |
| ·Multiple Pressure in the Revival of American Spirit | 第41页 |
| ·The Significance Symbols in Then We Came to the End | 第41-48页 |
| ·The Symbolic Significance of "Walking through the Corridor" | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Symbolic Significance of "Tom’s Chair" | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Symbolic Significance of "Things Happening on the Night before Operation" | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Symbolic Significance of "A Terrorist slaughter" | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Five Succession and Innovation of Then We Came to the End to the Traditional Black Humor Novels | 第48-59页 |
| ·Succession of The novel to the Traditional Black Humor Novels | 第48-53页 |
| ·Enumeration of the Absurd Incidents | 第48-51页 |
| ·Ridiculous Wording in Serious Horrible Scenes | 第51-53页 |
| ·Innovation of the Novel to the Traditional Black Humor Novels | 第53-59页 |
| ·Coexistence of Serious Black Themes with Glorious Humanity Spirit | 第53-55页 |
| ·Expressing Alienation and Spiritual Confusion of the Human Beings in the Modern Society | 第55-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Notes | 第61-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-67页 |
