| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| 1.1 Philip Roth and Roth Study at Home and Abroad | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Introduction of The Plot Against America and Its Literary Reviews at Home and Abroad | 第13-18页 |
| Chapter Two Historical Perception of Philip Roth | 第18-27页 |
| 2.1 A Brief Introduction of His Historical Novels and the Revelations of Roth's Historical Perception | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2 The Analytical Feasibility of The Plot Against America from the Perspective of New Historicism | 第20-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Different Historical Perceptions between New Historicism and Old Historicism | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.2 The Plot Against America as a Fictionalized Historical Text | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.3 The Plot Against America: The Fruition of Roth as a Practitioner of New Historicism | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three The Plot Against America from the Perspective of New Historicism | 第27-47页 |
| 3.1 The Theoretical Origins of New Historicism | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2 Assumptions and Characteristics of New Historicism | 第29-31页 |
| 3.3 The Textuality of History | 第31-41页 |
| 3.3.1 The Textuality of Roth's History | 第32-41页 |
| 3.3.1.1 The Reaction of Philip as an Innocent Child towards Lindbergh's Administration | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3.1.2 The Reaction of Herman as a Rebellious Fighter towards Lindbergh's Administration | 第35-37页 |
| 3.3.1.3 The Reaction of Sandy as a Maverick towards Lindbergh's Administration | 第37-39页 |
| 3.3.1.4 The Reaction of Evelyn and Bengelsdorf as Two Quislings towards Lindbergh's Administration | 第39-41页 |
| 3.4 The Historicity of Texts | 第41-47页 |
| 3.4.1 The Historicity of Roth's Text | 第42-47页 |
| 3.4.1.1 Racism | 第42-44页 |
| 3.4.1.2 The Demolition of Human Rights | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Four The Rhetoric Devices of Roth's Text from the Perspective of NewHistoricism | 第47-53页 |
| 4.1 New Historicism as Cultural Poetics | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2 Metaphor | 第48-50页 |
| 4.3 Irony | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-57页 |
