| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Part 1 Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to Kurt Vonnegut | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 A Sketch of Slaughterhouse-Five | 第15-18页 |
| Part 2 Literature Review | 第18-23页 |
| 2.1 Studies Abroad | 第18-21页 |
| 2.2 Studies at Home | 第21-23页 |
| Part 3 Theoretical Framework | 第23-32页 |
| 3.1 The Rise of New Historicism | 第23-25页 |
| 3.2 The Theoretical Characteristics of New Historicism | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2.1 History and literature | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2.2 History and politics | 第26-28页 |
| 3.3 The Major Concepts of New Historicism | 第28-32页 |
| Part 4 The Historicity of Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five | 第32-46页 |
| 4.1 Vonnegut's Life Experience and Its Reflection in Slaughterhouse-Five | 第33-35页 |
| 4.2 The General Background in Postmodern Society | 第35-38页 |
| 4.3 Insertion of Many Historical Texts | 第38-46页 |
| Part 5 The Textualized History by Kurt Vonnegut | 第46-68页 |
| 5.1 Vonnegut's Characterization in Slaughterhouse-Five | 第46-57页 |
| 5.1.1 Billy Pilgrim—the anti-hero | 第47-50页 |
| 5.1.2 The portrayal of other minor characters | 第50-57页 |
| 5.2 Vonnegut's Narrative Strategies of Constructing His History | 第57-68页 |
| 5.2.1 The two narrators in Slaughterhouse-Five | 第58-60页 |
| 5.2.2 Repetition and irony | 第60-63页 |
| 5.2.3 Nonlinear narration | 第63-68页 |
| Part 6 The Historical Function of Slaughterhouse-Five | 第68-85页 |
| 6.1 Productive Formational Function of Slaughterhouse-Five | 第69-81页 |
| 6.1.1 Revealing the falseness of war | 第69-74页 |
| 6.1.2 Revealing mental crisis of postmodern people and hypocrisy ofCapitalism | 第74-81页 |
| 6.2 Pessimistic Elements in the Novel | 第81-85页 |
| Part 7 Conclusion | 第85-87页 |
| Bibliography | 第87-92页 |
| Published Paper | 第92-93页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第93页 |
