| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| ·Ernest James Gaines as a "Country-Boy Writer" | 第9-12页 |
| ·A Mirror of Afro-Americans:The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | 第12-15页 |
| ·Ernest J. Gaines's Studies at Home and Abroad | 第15-17页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework and the Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 The Development of New Historicism | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Origin of New Historicism | 第19-22页 |
| ·Its Representatives and Major Principles | 第22-27页 |
| ·The Historicity of Text | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Textuality of History | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 3 The Historicity of Gaines's Text | 第27-46页 |
| ·Gaines's Negotiations with Historical Context | 第27-30页 |
| ·Gaines's Text-A Faithful Representation of the One Hundred Years History of Afro-American | 第30-40页 |
| ·The Representation of the Afro-American's History | 第30-36页 |
| ·The Absence of Fatherhood and Education of the Afro-American | 第36-40页 |
| ·The Historical Power of Gaines's Text | 第40-46页 |
| ·The Consciousness of History | 第40-42页 |
| ·The New Image of the Afro-American | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Reconstruction of the History of Afro-American | 第46-59页 |
| ·Gaines's Subversion of the History of Afro-American | 第46-51页 |
| ·Gaines's Strategies in Reconstructing Afro-American History | 第51-59页 |
| ·Black English | 第51-54页 |
| ·Symbolization | 第54-56页 |
| ·Mixture of Genres:Fiction and Autobiography | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| References | 第62-66页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间科研成果 | 第66页 |
