| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-9页 |
| Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION | 第9-21页 |
| A.An overview of Saul Bellow, his works and the cultural background | 第9-12页 |
| B.Brief introduction to Herzog and Humboldt's Gift | 第12-14页 |
| C.Literature review | 第14-20页 |
| D.Thesis statement | 第20-21页 |
| Ⅱ. POSTMODERNISM AND POSTMODERN SELF | 第21-29页 |
| A.An overview of the postmodernism | 第21-24页 |
| B.The self in a postmodern context | 第24-27页 |
| C.Fredric Jameson and the fragmentation of self | 第27-29页 |
| Ⅲ.THE DECENTERED AND UNCERTAIN SELF IN TWO NOVELS | 第29-53页 |
| A.Postmodern context for decentered and uncertain self in the two novels | 第29-38页 |
| 1. Commoditification and depthlessness | 第30-34页 |
| 2. The waning of affect | 第34-38页 |
| B.Decentered self in Herzog and Humboldt's Gift | 第38-51页 |
| 1. Decentralization of Moses Herzog—the atrophy of self | 第39-46页 |
| ·Herzog's abstraction—prison of words | 第40-42页 |
| ·Herzog's fragmentation | 第42-46页 |
| 2. Decentered self: Citrine's emptiness and Humboldt's fragmentation | 第46-51页 |
| ·Citrine's emptiness of self | 第46-50页 |
| ·Humboldt's fragmentation | 第50-51页 |
| C.The uncertainty brought by decentralization | 第51-53页 |
| Ⅳ.SAUL BELLOW'S ANTIDOTES TO POSTMODERN SELFHOOD AND EFFORTS TO RECOMPOSE THE SELF | 第53-60页 |
| A.From recoil to redemption | 第53-55页 |
| B.Turn to the brotherhood and community | 第55-57页 |
| C.Turn to art and love | 第57-60页 |
| Ⅴ. CONCLUSION | 第60-62页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第62-65页 |
