| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Necessity of the Research | 第11-14页 |
| ·Feasibility of the Research | 第14-16页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation of the Research | 第16-17页 |
| ·Expected Results of the Research | 第17-18页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation of the Research | 第19-27页 |
| ·New Historicism | 第19-22页 |
| ·Historical Background | 第19-20页 |
| ·The "Newness" of New Historicism | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Historicity of Texts and the Textuality of History | 第22-23页 |
| ·Critical Tactics Employed in the Present Thesis | 第23-27页 |
| ·Subversion and Containment | 第23-25页 |
| ·Thick Description | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three New Historicist Analysis of Singer's Works | 第27-54页 |
| ·Historical Context of Singer's Novels | 第27-34页 |
| ·Family Background | 第29-30页 |
| ·Childhood Memory | 第30-31页 |
| ·National Complex | 第31-32页 |
| ·Holocaust Nightmare | 第32-34页 |
| ·Singer's Subversion and Containment of the Dominant Discourse | 第34-48页 |
| ·Subversion | 第35-42页 |
| ·Abandonment of Jewish Identity | 第35-37页 |
| ·Indulgence in Sexual Relationship | 第37-39页 |
| ·Escape from the Mundane World | 第39-42页 |
| ·Containment | 第42-47页 |
| ·Adherence to Judaic Tradition | 第42-45页 |
| ·Safeguard of Individual Essentiality | 第45-46页 |
| ·Optimistic Confrontation with Reality | 第46-47页 |
| ·Simultaneous Function of Subversion and Containment | 第47-48页 |
| ·Singer's Adjustment of the Existed Dominant Discourse | 第48-54页 |
| ·Moral Teaching | 第49-52页 |
| ·Rational Thinking | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第54-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62页 |
