| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One David Henry Hwang and Metatheatre | 第14-20页 |
| ·David Henry Hwang and M.Butterfly | 第14-16页 |
| ·Metatheatre as a Theory | 第16-20页 |
| Chapter Two The Play within the Play in M.Butterfly | 第20-30页 |
| ·The Framed and Inset Types of Play within the Play | 第20-26页 |
| ·The Self-Conscious Rehearsal and the Externalized Play within the Play | 第26-27页 |
| ·Stage Design and the Play within the Play | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three Role-Playing within the Role in M.Butterfly | 第30-40页 |
| ·Role-Playing within the Role | 第30-33页 |
| ·Voluntary and Involuntary Role-Playing within the Role | 第33-37页 |
| ·Gallimard's Voluntary and Involuntary Role-Playing within the Role | 第34-35页 |
| ·Song's Voluntary Role-Playing within the Role | 第35-37页 |
| ·Costume and Role-Playing within the Role | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four Real-Life and Literary Reference within the Play in M.Butterfly | 第40-53页 |
| ·Metadramatic Real-Life and Literary Reference within the Play | 第40-42页 |
| ·Metatheatrical Real-Life and Literary Reference in M.Butterfly | 第42-53页 |
| ·Metatheatrical Real-Life Reference in M.Butterfly | 第42-45页 |
| ·Metatheatrical Literary Reference in M.Butterfly | 第45-53页 |
| Chapter Five Acknowledgement of the Audience and Self-Reference in M.Butterfly | 第53-63页 |
| ·Self-Reference and Acknowledgement of the Audience | 第53-54页 |
| ·Acknowledgement of the Audience in M.Butterfly | 第54-56页 |
| ·Self-Reference in M.Butterfly | 第56-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69页 |
