| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One The Development of McEwan’s Interest in Writing History | 第14-24页 |
| 1.1 Family Background | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2 The Influence of World War II | 第17-21页 |
| 1.3 The Influence of Britain’s Decline | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two Questioning of the Reliability of Historiography | 第24-38页 |
| 2.1 Unreliable Multi-layered Narrative | 第26-30页 |
| 2.2 Unreliable Metafictional Narrative | 第30-34页 |
| 2.3 Unreliable Intertextual Narrative | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Three Subversion and Revision of Historical Metanarratives | 第38-53页 |
| 3.1 Fragmentation and Spatialization of History | 第39-43页 |
| 3.2 Plurality of History | 第43-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| Works Cited | 第56-61页 |
| Publication | 第61页 |
