| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·John Dos Passos and The 42~(nd) Parallel | 第9-10页 |
| ·Edgar Lawrence Doctorow and Ragtime | 第10-11页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 From Modernist to Postmodernist Narration | 第13-20页 |
| ·Modernism and Postmodernism | 第13-15页 |
| ·Modernism | 第13页 |
| ·Postmodernim | 第13-14页 |
| ·Relationship Between Modernism and Postmodernism | 第14-15页 |
| ·Narrative Theory | 第15-20页 |
| ·Introdution to Narration | 第15-17页 |
| ·Charateristics of Narration in Modernist and Postmodernist Novels | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Similarities Between The 42~(nd) Parallel and Ragtime | 第20-34页 |
| ·The Narrative Content | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Background | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Subject | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Narrator and Narrative Points of View | 第23-26页 |
| ·The theory of Narrator and Narrative Points of View | 第23-24页 |
| ·Narrator in The 42~(nd) Parallel and Ragtime | 第24-25页 |
| ·Narrative Points of View in The 42~(nd) Parallel and Ragtime | 第25-26页 |
| ·Similarities in Narrative Technique | 第26-29页 |
| ·Group of Images | 第26-27页 |
| ·Space Formalization | 第27-29页 |
| ·Modernist Narrative Inspiration from Other Forms of Arts and Literature | 第29-34页 |
| ·Impressionist and Post-impressionist Painting | 第29-30页 |
| ·Film | 第30-31页 |
| ·Music | 第31页 |
| ·Drama and Poetry | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter 4 Differences Between The 42~(nd) Parallel and Ragtime | 第34-44页 |
| ·Difference in the Basic Facet of Narration | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Title Analysis | 第34页 |
| ·Figures in The 42~(nd) Parallel | 第34-35页 |
| ·Figures in Ragtime | 第35-37页 |
| ·History and Fiction | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Relationship Between History and Fiction in The 42~(nd) Parallel | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Relationship Between History and Fiction in Ragtime | 第38-41页 |
| ·Differences in Narrative Technique | 第41-44页 |
| ·Discourse and Voice | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Reader and Novel | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| Notes | 第46-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-50页 |
| Publications During the Postgraduate Program | 第50-51页 |
