| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第10-24页 |
| 0.1 The Introduction of Joyce Carol Oates and The Gravedigger's Daughter | 第10-15页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review | 第15-22页 |
| 0.3 Thesis Statement | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Framework | 第24-36页 |
| 1.1 New Historicism | 第24-28页 |
| 1.1.1 The Connotation of New Historicism | 第24-26页 |
| 1.1.2 The Development of New Historicism | 第26-28页 |
| 1.2 The Major Representatives and Main Ideas | 第28-36页 |
| 1.2.1 Louis Montrose—the Historicity of Texts and the Textuality of History. | 第29-32页 |
| 1.2.2 Stephen Greenblatt—Subversion and Containment | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Two The Survival History of “the Gravedigger’s Family” | 第36-47页 |
| 2.1 The Survival Difficulty of Being the Jews | 第37-41页 |
| 2.1.1 No Fixed Abode after the Holocaust | 第37-39页 |
| 2.1.2 The Duration of Anti-semitic Thought in Early America | 第39-41页 |
| 2.2 The Historical Turning Point of Survival Opportunity | 第41-47页 |
| 2.2.1 The Shift in American Notion Towards Ethnic Minorities after war | 第42-44页 |
| 2.2.2 The Rise of the Feminist Movement | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Three Subversion and Containment–—the Antagonism Between theMarginal and Mainstream Culture | 第47-69页 |
| 3.1 Subversion to the Mainstream Culture | 第48-60页 |
| 3.1.1 Rebecca’s Question of Patriarchal Identity | 第49-52页 |
| 3.1.2 Rebecca’s Subversion to Male-dominated Social Marriage | 第52-56页 |
| 3.1.3 Zach’s Subversion to the Dominant Values | 第56-58页 |
| 3.1.4 Gallagher’s Subversion to the Unshakable Power in the Mainstream Culture | 第58-60页 |
| 3.2 Containment by the Mainstream Culture | 第60-69页 |
| 3.2.1 Rebecca’s Containment by Patriarchy | 第60-63页 |
| 3.2.2 Rebecca’s Hidden and Drifting Life | 第63-66页 |
| 3.2.3 The Real Society’s Constraints to Zach | 第66-67页 |
| 3.2.4 Gallagher’s Containment by Father’s Mighty Power | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter Four Negotiation with the Mainstream—the Self-construction of theMarginal culture | 第69-79页 |
| 4.1 Rebecca’s Contradictory Psychology after Rebirth | 第70-71页 |
| 4.2 The Transformation of Rebecca’s Identity and Status | 第71-74页 |
| 4.3 Zach’s Remolding of Life Attitude | 第74-76页 |
| 4.4 Gallagher’s Father’s Acceptance to Rebecca and Support to Zach | 第76-79页 |
| Conclusion | 第79-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-86页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间所发表的学术论文 | 第86-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88页 |
