| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Tim O'Brien and His Works | 第9-12页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Intertextuality Between History and Novel | 第14-33页 |
| ·History:Happening-Truth | 第14-22页 |
| ·The My Lai Massacre | 第15-17页 |
| ·Nixon:in and out of the Vietnam War | 第17-19页 |
| ·Aftermath of the My Lai Massacre | 第19-22页 |
| ·Novel: Story-Truth | 第22-33页 |
| ·John Wade:Loser of Election | 第23-25页 |
| ·Representations of the My Lai Massacre | 第25-28页 |
| ·PTSD | 第28-33页 |
| Chapter Three Intertextuality Between Mass Media and Novel | 第33-45页 |
| ·Interviews in Reality and Novel | 第33-38页 |
| ·Interviewing Soldiers in Reality | 第34-36页 |
| ·Interviewing Soldiers in Fiction | 第36-38页 |
| ·Newspapers and Reports in Reality and Novel | 第38-45页 |
| ·News in Reality | 第39-41页 |
| ·News in Novel | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Four Intertextuality Between Court and Novel | 第45-56页 |
| ·Testimony | 第45-50页 |
| ·Real Testimony | 第45-48页 |
| ·Fictitious Testimony | 第48-50页 |
| ·Investigation | 第50-56页 |
| ·Source of Order | 第51-53页 |
| ·Objects of the Massacre | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| ·Further Research | 第57-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-61页 |
