| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| ·Introduction to Salman Rushdie and Midnight’s Children | 第9-12页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-14页 |
| ·Thesis Statement | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Basis | 第16-25页 |
| ·Origin and Development of New Historicism | 第16-18页 |
| ·Definition of New Historicism | 第18-20页 |
| ·Main Characteristics of New Historicism | 第20-25页 |
| ·The Historicity of Text | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Textuality of History | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Subversion and Containment | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Two The Historicity of Text in Midnight’s Children | 第25-40页 |
| ·The History Background | 第27-35页 |
| ·India Independence and the Midnight’s Children in the Novel | 第29-31页 |
| ·India-Pakistan War and Shiva | 第31-33页 |
| ·Dictatorship of Indira and Parvati | 第33-35页 |
| ·Religious Culture | 第35-40页 |
| ·Christian Culture | 第37-38页 |
| ·Islamic Culture | 第38-39页 |
| ·Buddhist Culture | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Three The Textuality of History in Midnight’s Children | 第40-56页 |
| ·The Lowercase and Plural of History | 第41-50页 |
| ·The History of Massacre and the Story of Saleem’s Grandfather | 第43-44页 |
| ·The History of Hindus’ Destruction and the Story of Saleem’s Father | 第44-46页 |
| ·The History of India-Pakistan War and the Story of Saleem | 第46-50页 |
| ·The Diversity of Historical Narrative Strategies | 第50-56页 |
| ·Nonlinear Narrative Strategy | 第51-52页 |
| ·Myth Fiction Narrative Strategy | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Contingency of Narration and Historical Inevitability | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Four Subversion and Containment | 第56-64页 |
| ·Subversion and Containment of Saleem | 第56-59页 |
| ·The Subversion and Containment between Individual and Group | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Subversion and Containment between Reality and Myth | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Subversion and Containment of Classes | 第59-61页 |
| ·The Subversion and Containment from Upper Class to Lower Class | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Subversion and Containment from Lower Class to Upper Class | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Subversion and Containment of Culture Background | 第61-64页 |
| ·The Subversion and Containment in Different Writing Discourses | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Subversion and Containment in Different Cultures | 第62-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Notes | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-69页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间所发表的学术论文 | 第69-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71页 |
