| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-38页 |
| ·Definitions of Myth | 第12-15页 |
| ·Myth as a Grand Narrative | 第15-21页 |
| ·Definition of Myth by Roland Barthes | 第15页 |
| ·Myth as a Signification | 第15-16页 |
| ·Myth as a Grand Narrative | 第16-21页 |
| ·Doctorow’s Obsession with Myths and Narratives | 第21-25页 |
| ·Dual Concern with Content and Form | 第21-22页 |
| ·Concern with the Double Powers of Narratives | 第22-24页 |
| ·Concern with Myths and Myth-rewriting | 第24-25页 |
| ·Myths of America | 第25-30页 |
| ·Myth of American Exceptionalism | 第25-27页 |
| ·Doctorow’s Obsession with Myths of America | 第27-30页 |
| ·Literature Review: Home and Abroad | 第30-38页 |
| Chapter Two Demythologization of History as Factual Truth | 第38-52页 |
| ·Myth of History as Factual Truth | 第38页 |
| ·Demythologization of History by Theorists | 第38-42页 |
| ·Demythologization of History by Doctorow | 第42-52页 |
| Chapter Three Demythologization of the West as a Land of Hope and Promise in Welcome to Hard Times | 第52-72页 |
| ·Myth of the West as a Land of Hope and Promise | 第52-54页 |
| ·Western Genre as an Expression of the Myth of the West | 第54-58页 |
| ·Parody as a Strategy of Demythologization | 第58-60页 |
| ·Demythologization of the Myth of the West | 第60-72页 |
| Chapter Four Demythologization of American Justice and Equality in Ragtime | 第72-88页 |
| ·Myth of American Justice and Equality | 第72-74页 |
| ·Irony as a Strategy of Demythologization | 第74-76页 |
| ·Demythologization of American Justice and Equality with Irony | 第76-88页 |
| Chapter Five Demythologization of American Innocence in Loon Lake | 第88-108页 |
| ·Myth of American Innocence | 第88-89页 |
| ·Demythologization of American Innocence in Loon Lake | 第89-97页 |
| ·Intertextuality as a Strategy of Demythologization | 第97-108页 |
| ·Intertextuality with The Great Gatsby | 第100-102页 |
| ·Intertextuality with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 第102-108页 |
| Chapter Six Demythologization of General Sherman and the March in The March | 第108-126页 |
| ·The Myth of the March and the Myth of Sherman | 第108-110页 |
| ·Polyphony as a Strategy of Demythologization | 第110-112页 |
| ·Demythologizing The March with Polyphony | 第112-126页 |
| ·Demythologizing the Myth of the March | 第112-121页 |
| ·Demythologizing the Myth of Sherman | 第121-126页 |
| Conclusion | 第126-129页 |
| Works Cited | 第129-140页 |
