| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第9-10页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第13-20页 |
| 1.1 Brief Introduction of A. S. Byatt | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Introduction of Possession | 第15-20页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW OF BYATT’S POSSESSION | 第20-26页 |
| 2.1 Study Abroad | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Study at Home | 第23-26页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第26-33页 |
| 3.1 A Panoramic View of New Historicism | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 The“Newness”of New Historicism | 第27-33页 |
| 3.2.1 Organic Incorporation of Historicity and Textuality | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2.2 Intertextuality: Intermingling with Postmodernismand Its Manifestation in Possession | 第29-33页 |
| CHAPTER IV HISTORICITY OF POSSESSION | 第33-49页 |
| 4.1 Recreation of Society Reflected in Possession | 第33-46页 |
| 4.1.1 Recreation of Victorian Society Reflected in Possession | 第33-41页 |
| 4.1.2 Recreation of Modern Society Reflected in Possession | 第41-46页 |
| 4.2 The Presentness of the Past in the Social Context | 第46-49页 |
| CHAPTER V NEGOTIATIONS OF THE PRESENT WITH THE PASTVIA IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION | 第49-64页 |
| 5.1 The Concept of Identity | 第49-50页 |
| 5.2 The Two Modern Protagonists Trapped in Identity Crisis | 第50-56页 |
| 5.2.1 Roland--- A“Diminished”Character in Frustration | 第50-54页 |
| 5.2.2 Maud--- A“Conflicting”Character with Insecurity | 第54-56页 |
| 5.3 Identity Pursuit and Construction by Roland and Maud | 第56-64页 |
| 5.3.1 Self and Other: Literary Texts Bridging the Past and the Present | 第56-59页 |
| 5.3.2 Female Autonomy and Male Intervention | 第59-62页 |
| 5.3.3 Fashioning of Self: Containment and Subversion | 第62-64页 |
| CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION | 第64-67页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第67-69页 |
