| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| 1.1 Philip Roth and Roth Research | 第10-15页 |
| 1.1.1 A Brief Introduction of the Author Philip Roth and His Works | 第10-12页 |
| 1.1.2 Roth Study Aboard and At Home | 第12-15页 |
| 1.2 A Summary of The Plot Against America and Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| 1.2.1 A Summary of The Plot Against America | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2.2 Foreign and Domestic Study on The Plot Against America | 第17-19页 |
| 1.3 The Purpose of the Dissertation | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Theoretical Framework | 第20-34页 |
| 2.1 The Definition of Historiographic Metafiction | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Some Issues Concerning Historiographic Metafiction | 第23-30页 |
| 2.2.1 The Problematizing of History and Intertextuality of History | 第23-26页 |
| 2.2.2 The Self-reflectivity of Metafiction | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.3 The Transition of Narrative Pespectives | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.4 The Function of Parody in Historiographic Metafiction | 第28-30页 |
| 2.3 Major Characteristics of Historiographic Metafiction | 第30-34页 |
| 2.3.1 The Unreliability of the Writing of History | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3.2 The Parody of Famous Historical Figures and Events | 第31-32页 |
| 2.3.3 The Challenge to the Authority of Official History | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Interpretation of The Plot Against America as a Historiographic Metafiction | 第34-54页 |
| 3.1 A Perfect Combination of Historiography and Metafiction | 第34-37页 |
| 3.2 The Usage of Various Narrative Techniques and Literary Hallmarks of Historiographic Metafiction in The Plot Against America | 第37-50页 |
| 3.2.1 Self-reflexivity | 第37-41页 |
| 3.2.2 The Transfer of Narrative Angles | 第41-44页 |
| 3.2.3 Inter-textuality | 第44-47页 |
| 3.2.4 Focus on Marginalized | 第47-48页 |
| 3.2.5 Dialogic Polyphony of Conflicting Voices | 第48-50页 |
| 3.3 The Embodiment of Major Characteristics of Historiographic Metafiction in The Plot Against America | 第50-54页 |
| 3.3.1 The Incredibility of Historiography | 第50-51页 |
| 3.3.2 The Parody of Historical Personages and Events | 第51-52页 |
| 3.3.3 The Authority of Official History in Question | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The Significance of Reconstructing History | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第57-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
