| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| 1.1 E. L. Doctorow:A Radical Humanist Jewish Writer | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 The Waterworks:A Distant Mirror of Capitalist Evil Force | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第14-16页 |
| 1.4 The Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第16-20页 |
| Chapter 2 The Waterworks:Production of American Rapid Developing Capitalism | 第20-29页 |
| 2.1 Croton Aqueduct:Production of the Scientific and Technologic Development | 第21-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Croton Aqueduct:Technological Marvel and Factory of Immorality | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.2 The Increasing Precarious Authority of Science and Technology | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2 Mad Dr. Sartorius:A Devil Force of Decadence in Capitalism | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Political Ideology of E. L. Doctorow and His Social Class | 第29-40页 |
| 3.1 Dr. Sartorius and Jewish Persecution in the History | 第29-33页 |
| 3.1.1 Nazis' Experiments during the Jewish Holocaust | 第30-31页 |
| 3.1.2 Comparison between the Jewish Holocaust and Sartorius' Experiment | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2 The Exposition of Corruption in American Capitalism | 第33-40页 |
| 3.2.1 Boss Tweed and American Corruption in Late 19~(th) Century | 第33-36页 |
| 3.2.2 The Social and Cultural Soil for the Corruption | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter 4 A Textual Revolt against the Capitalism | 第40-48页 |
| 4.1 Struggle against the America Social Problems | 第41-45页 |
| 4.1.1 Edmund Donne and American Progressive Movement | 第41-44页 |
| 4.1.2 A Projection of the Muckraking Movement in America | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2 America's Introspection of the Present | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的科研成果 | 第53页 |
