| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-38页 |
| 1. Doctorow and His Boy-narrators in New York | 第13-16页 |
| 2. Dialogism Between Critics and Doctorow | 第16-25页 |
| 3. “Little Wanderer” and the City | 第25-30页 |
| 4. Literature Review | 第30-38页 |
| Chapter One Wandering as Perceptive Psychic Alien in The Book of Daniel | 第38-68页 |
| ·Childhood Trauma and Psychic Alien | 第39-48页 |
| ·Alienation Perceived, Inherited and Forced | 第39-43页 |
| ·Survivor Syndrome of the Little Wanderers | 第43-48页 |
| ·Orphan in Search of a Real “Home” | 第48-60页 |
| ·Perception of “Home” | 第48-51页 |
| ·A Wandering Soul in Search of “Home” | 第51-54页 |
| ·“Home” Motif and the City | 第54-58页 |
| ·Sublimation by Death and Orphanage | 第58-60页 |
| ·Desire for Utopia As a Cure for Trauma | 第60-68页 |
| ·Prototypes of the Future Dwelling Place | 第60-63页 |
| ·Disneyland as a Prototype of Utopia | 第63-65页 |
| ·Open Ending Suggesting Possibilities | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Two Wandering To Be Perceptive Typical American Boy in World’s Fair | 第68-107页 |
| ·The Journey of Self Discovery | 第68-76页 |
| ·The “Shock” Motif | 第69-72页 |
| ·Accumulated Love of the City under Father’s Influence | 第72-75页 |
| ·Jewish American Boy as a New Yorker | 第75-76页 |
| ·The Cityscape Perceived from the Little Wanderer’s Eyes | 第76-92页 |
| ·Natural Environment in the City | 第78-79页 |
| ·Built Environment in the City | 第79-87页 |
| ·Human Environment in the City | 第87-90页 |
| ·Verbal Environment in the City | 第90-92页 |
| ·The World’s Fair as the Hope for Future Citizens | 第92-107页 |
| ·The World’s Fair and Its Logo: the Signifier and the Signified | 第93-96页 |
| ·Edgar’s Stroll in the World’s Fair | 第96-98页 |
| ·The World’s Fair Perceived from Edgar’s Eyes | 第98-107页 |
| Chapter Three Wandering as a Capable Perceptive Apprentice in Billy Bathgate | 第107-133页 |
| ·Capable Perceptive Wanderer in Pursuit of American Dream | 第107-113页 |
| ·Searching for A “Father” and Becoming A “Father” | 第113-120页 |
| ·Wandering in the Street in Search of Patrimony | 第113-116页 |
| ·Idling, Resistance and Growth | 第116-118页 |
| ·Oedipus Showing Paternal Love in His Stroll | 第118-120页 |
| ·Billy the Little Wanderer’s Space Values | 第120-133页 |
| ·Cultural Map of New York | 第121-128页 |
| ·Identification with New York | 第128-130页 |
| ·The Man of the Crowd | 第130-133页 |
| Conclusion | 第133-140页 |
| Works Cited | 第140-152页 |
