Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
Abstract | 第5-6页 |
摘要 | 第7-9页 |
Introduction | 第9-17页 |
0.1 An Introduction to Colum McCann and Let the Great World Spin | 第9-11页 |
0.2 Literature Review of Let the Great World Spin | 第11-15页 |
0.3 Theoretical Framework and Structure of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
Chapter One Refuting the Objective History | 第17-28页 |
1.1 Parodies in Let the Great World Spin | 第18-22页 |
1.1.1 Parody of the Holy Bible | 第18-20页 |
1.1.2 Parody of Petit's Autobiography | 第20-22页 |
1.2 Intertextuality in Let the Great World Spin | 第22-28页 |
1.2.1 Intertextual Reference to The Great Gatsby | 第23-25页 |
1.2.2 Intertextual Reference to Mrs. Dalloway | 第25-28页 |
Chapter Two Subverting the Linear Narrative | 第28-38页 |
2.1 Kaleidoscopic Points of View | 第28-33页 |
2.1.1 Corrigan as a Falling Angel | 第30-31页 |
2.1.2 The Unnamed Funambulist's Performance | 第31-33页 |
2.2 Juxtaposing the Past and the Present | 第33-38页 |
2.2.1 Historical Events before the 9/11 Attacks | 第33-35页 |
2.2.2 Historical Events after the 9/11 Attacks | 第35-38页 |
Chapter Three Reconstructing Alternative Histories | 第38-44页 |
3.1 Multiple Voices of the Low Class | 第38-40页 |
3.2 Possibility of Hope and Redemption | 第40-44页 |
Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
Works Cited | 第46-49页 |