| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| 1. Kushner's Literary Career and Achievements | 第9-11页 |
| 2. Critical Response to Kushner's Works | 第11-14页 |
| 3. Layout of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One Critical Review of Intertextuality | 第16-26页 |
| 1. Two Major Directions in Intertextuality Study | 第16-19页 |
| 2. Kristeva's Conception of Intertextuality in the Broad Sense | 第19-23页 |
| ·Budding of the Conception:Bakhtin | 第19-21页 |
| ·Major Ideas of Kristeva's Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Elaboration:Barthes | 第22-23页 |
| 3. Intertextuality and Literary Criticism | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Two Deliberate Mistreading of Brecht | 第26-39页 |
| 1. Imitating Brechtian Structure:A Bright Room Called Day | 第27-32页 |
| ·The Episodic Structure | 第27-30页 |
| ·Interruptions | 第30-32页 |
| 2. Transformation of Brechtian Dramaturgy:Angels in America | 第32-39页 |
| ·Social Gestus | 第33-36页 |
| ·Defamiliarization Effect | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three Infinite Regress of Mythology:the Bible and Other Myths | 第39-53页 |
| 1. Evil Incarnate:A Bright Room Called Day | 第39-45页 |
| ·The Faustic Devil and His Autobiography | 第39-41页 |
| ·What does "Book of Revelation" Reveal? | 第41-45页 |
| 2. Rewriting the Bible:Angels in America | 第45-53页 |
| ·Prior as a Rebellious Prophet | 第46-47页 |
| ·Postmodern Story of Jacob | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Absence of God | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Bethesda Angel | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Four Echoes of History | 第53-65页 |
| 1. Kushner's Views on History and Progress | 第53-55页 |
| 2. Dialogue Between Past and Present in A Bright Room Called Day | 第55-58页 |
| 3. Fragments of Historical Text and Their Revelation in Angels in America | 第58-65页 |
| ·Parable of "Angel of History" | 第59-61页 |
| ·Recall of the Past | 第61-62页 |
| ·Appropriation of Roy Cohn | 第62-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| Works Cited | 第67-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71页 |
