| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第8-18页 |
| 1.1 Introduction | 第8页 |
| 1.2 Studies Abroad | 第8-11页 |
| 1.3 Studies at Home | 第11-13页 |
| 1.4 Studies on New Historicism | 第13-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework—New Historicism | 第18-28页 |
| 2.1 An Overview of New Historicism | 第18-22页 |
| 2.2 Main Concerns of New Historicism | 第22-28页 |
| Chapter 3 The Historicity of Gulliver’s Travels | 第28-46页 |
| 3.1 Political Strife between the Whigs and the Tories | 第28-33页 |
| 3.2 Official Selection System and Political Atmosphere | 第33-39页 |
| 3.3 Science and Pseudoscience | 第39-46页 |
| Chapter 4 TheTextuality of History in Gulliver’s Travels | 第46-60页 |
| 4.1 Colonialism as Embodied in the Novel | 第48-53页 |
| 4.2 Social Morality as Reflected in theNovel | 第53-56页 |
| 4.3 Wars as Presented in the Novel | 第56-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-66页 |
| Appendix | 第66-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
