| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-24页 |
| 1.1 E. L. Doctorow and The Book of Daniel | 第10-14页 |
| 1.1.1 Introduction to E. L. Doctorow | 第10-12页 |
| 1.1.2 Introduction to The Book of Daniel | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review: Critical Approaches to The Book of Daniel | 第14-18页 |
| 1.2.1 The Research at Home | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2.2 The Research Abroad | 第15-18页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Framework: The New Historicism | 第18-22页 |
| 1.3.1 The Rise of New Historicism | 第18-20页 |
| 1.3.2 Basic Theories of New Historicism | 第20-22页 |
| 1.4 Significance, Objective and Structure of the Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ The Historicity of Doctorow's Text | 第24-38页 |
| 2.1 Spokesman of the American History | 第24-29页 |
| 2.1.1 Representation of the Rosenberg Case | 第24-26页 |
| 2.1.2 Surviving Red Scare and McCarthyism | 第26-28页 |
| 2.1.3 Critique of the American Left | 第28-29页 |
| 2.2 Revealing of the Repressed Struggles | 第29-35页 |
| 2.2.1 Ethnic Minorities' Struggles | 第29-31页 |
| 2.2.2 Woman's Afflictions in the Society | 第31-34页 |
| 2.2.3 Children's Sufferings | 第34-35页 |
| 2.3 A New Historical Writer: Compose the History | 第35-38页 |
| 2.3.1 Uncertainty of History | 第35-36页 |
| 2.3.2 Reconstruction of History | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Textuality of Doctorow's History | 第38-48页 |
| 3.1 Magical Disturbances:The Fictional History in The Book of Daniel | 第38-41页 |
| 3.1.1 Imaginary Composition of Historical Events | 第38-39页 |
| 3.1.2 Presentation of Corporal Punishment | 第39-40页 |
| 3.1.3 Historians' Remaking the World | 第40-41页 |
| 3.2 Doctorow's Strategies in Constructing Fictional History | 第41-44页 |
| 3.2.1 Fantastic Speculation | 第41-43页 |
| 3.2.2 Appearance of Historical Figures | 第43-44页 |
| 3.3 Blending of History and Text | 第44-48页 |
| 3.3.1 Daniel's Narration and Memory | 第44-45页 |
| 3.3.2 Different Documents of the Case | 第45-46页 |
| 3.3.3 A Puzzle of History: Different Histories | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter IV The Political Commitment of Doctorow's Text | 第48-56页 |
| 4.1 Power Relations between Man and Man | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2 Power Relations between Man and Technology | 第50-53页 |
| 4.3 Power Relations between Man and Institutions | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第56-58页 |
| 5.2 Limitations | 第58页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| 攻读硕士期间科研成果 | 第62页 |
