| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter One: Doctorow's Choice of Narrative Voice in Ragtime | 第14-27页 |
| 1.1 Narrative Distance and Third Person Omniscient Narrator | 第14-20页 |
| 1.2 The Accruing of the Little Boy as the Narrator | 第20-22页 |
| 1.3 More Controversy on the Determination of the Narrator in Ragtime | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter Two: The Manipulation of Facts and Fiction in Ragtime | 第27-45页 |
| 2.1 Doctorow's Understanding of Fiction and History | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2 The Turning of History into Myth and Myth into History in Ragtime | 第31-38页 |
| 2.2.1 The Turning of History into Myth | 第32-36页 |
| 2.2.2 The Turning of Myth into History | 第36-38页 |
| 2.3. Ragtime as a Historical Romance | 第38-45页 |
| Chapter Three: The Employment of Ragtime Music | 第45-57页 |
| 3.1 Ragtime as the Title | 第45-47页 |
| 3.2. Ragtime: a Mimic of Ragtime Music | 第47-55页 |
| 3.3. Ragtime Music: a Fitting Metaphor for the Novel | 第55-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| Works Cited | 第60-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第64页 |
