| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第13-17页 |
| ·Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Slaughterhouse-Five | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research Method and Purpose of This Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| ·Structure of This Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-26页 |
| ·Overseas Studies | 第17-23页 |
| ·Studies on the Novel’s Value | 第17-18页 |
| ·Studies on the Novel’s Themes | 第18-21页 |
| ·Studies on the Novel’s Narrative Characteristics | 第21-23页 |
| ·Domestic Studies | 第23-26页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第26-39页 |
| ·Metafiction | 第26-31页 |
| ·The Appearance of Metafiction | 第27-28页 |
| ·Various Definitions of Metafiction | 第28-31页 |
| ·Metafictional Narrative Techniques Related to This Thesis | 第31-35页 |
| ·Authorial Intrusion | 第32-33页 |
| ·Intertextuality and Parody | 第33-34页 |
| ·Indeterminacy | 第34-35页 |
| ·Metafictional Themes Related to This Thesis | 第35-39页 |
| ·The Exposure of Fictionality | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Relationship between Fiction and Reality | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Relationship between Writers and Readers | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER IV AUTHORIAL INTRUSION AND THE EXPOSURE OF FICTIONALITY | 第39-48页 |
| ·Authorial Intrusion: Representation in Slaughterhouse-Five | 第39-45页 |
| ·The Author’s Entry into the Novel | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Author’s Comments in the Novel | 第42-45页 |
| ·Authorial Intrusion: Exposure of the Novel’s Fictionality | 第45-48页 |
| CHAPTER V INTERTEXTUALITY AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALITY AND FICTION | 第48-59页 |
| ·Intertextuality: Representation in Slaughterhouse-Five | 第48-56页 |
| ·Reference to Literary Works and Historical Documents | 第48-51页 |
| ·Parody of Jesus and the Bible Stories | 第51-54页 |
| ·Distorted Presentation of Historical Figures and Events | 第54-56页 |
| ·Intertextuality: Re-examination of the Relationship between Reality and Fiction | 第56-59页 |
| CHAPTER VI INDETERMINACY AND THE ROLES OF WRITERS AND READERS | 第59-71页 |
| ·Indeterminacy: Representation in Slaughterhouse-Five | 第59-67页 |
| ·Defamiliarization of Character Image | 第59-62页 |
| ·Obscurity of Plot | 第62-64页 |
| ·Multiformity of Theme | 第64-67页 |
| ·Indeterminacy: Change of the Roles of Writers and Readers | 第67-71页 |
| CHAPTER VII CONCLUSION | 第71-73页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第73-77页 |
