| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-22页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to Colum Mc Cann and Let the Great World Spin | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 New Historicism | 第16-19页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Organization | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Two The Sense of History in Let the Great World Spin | 第22-33页 |
| 2.1 The Attention to Historical Details | 第22-26页 |
| 2.2 The Fictionalization of Philippe Petit | 第26-29页 |
| 2.3 Multiple Perspectives and Narrative Style | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Three The New Historic Dimension | 第33-42页 |
| 3.1 The Role of the Incidental | 第33-36页 |
| 3.2 The Attention to Characters in Exile | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3 Intertextuality of Histories | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter Four History and Literature | 第42-47页 |
| 4.1 The Subjectivity of History | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2 The Relationship between Literature and History | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
