| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-20页 |
| ·Introduction to E.L.Doctorow | 第9-13页 |
| ·Introduction to Ragtime | 第13-17页 |
| ·Literary review on Ragtime | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter 2 The Theoretical Basis of the Thesis | 第20-30页 |
| ·The origin and development of New Historicism | 第20-22页 |
| ·The doctrines of New Historicism | 第22-28页 |
| ·Doctorow's understanding of history | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 History Reconstructed Under the Textuality of histories | 第30-38页 |
| ·The textuality of histories | 第30-31页 |
| ·Historical figures reconstructed in Ragtime under the textuality of histories | 第31-35页 |
| ·The historical events reconstructed in Ragtime under the textuality of histories | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 4 History Reconstructed Under the Historicity of Texts | 第38-50页 |
| ·The historicity of texts | 第38-39页 |
| ·Confrontations between the historical and fictional figures in Ragtime under the historicity of texts | 第39-41页 |
| ·Confrontations between the historical and fictional events in Ragtime under the historicity of texts | 第41-44页 |
| ·History reconstructed under the doctrine of to subvert only in order to better contain it | 第44-50页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-54页 |
