| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction: the Author and the Work | 第10-15页 |
| 1．1 The Author: the Life and Career of Laurence Yep | 第10-11页 |
| 1．1．1 The Life of Laurence Yep | 第10-11页 |
| 1．1．2 The Literary Career of Laurence Yep | 第11页 |
| 1．2 The Work: Dragonwings, Yep's Masterpiece | 第11-15页 |
| 1．2．1 The Basic Plot of Dragonwings | 第11-12页 |
| 1．2．2 The Literary Properties and Position of Dragonwings | 第12-13页 |
| 1．2．3 The Creative Origin and Current Research Status of Dragonwings | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Dragonwings, a Historical Novel for Young Adults | 第15-21页 |
| 2．1 Young Adult Literature as a Genre | 第15-17页 |
| 2．2 Historical Fiction as a Genre | 第17-18页 |
| 2．3 Dragonwings, a Historical Novel for Young Adults | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Three Dragonwings, an Artistic Representation of the Lost History | 第21-46页 |
| 3．1 The Lost History | 第21-26页 |
| 3．1．1 The Causes for Chinese Immigration to the United States | 第21-22页 |
| 3．1．2 A Brief History of Chinese Immigration to the United States（ 1850s-1900s） | 第22-25页 |
| 3．1．3 The Loss of the History | 第25-26页 |
| 3．2 An Artistic Representation of the Lost History | 第26-46页 |
| 3．2．1 The Motive for Such an Artistic Representation | 第26-27页 |
| 3．2．2 The Artistic Representation of the Lost History | 第27-46页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第46-50页 |
| 4．1 A Successful Artistic Representation | 第46页 |
| 4．2 The Significance of the Artistic Representation | 第46-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
| AppendixⅠ | 第53-56页 |
| AppendixⅡ | 第56-57页 |
