| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One The New Historical Spirit of Waters’ Novels | 第13-24页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to New Historicism | 第13-18页 |
| ·The “New” Historical Spirit in New Historicism | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Relation of History and Literature | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Historicity of Texts and the Textuality of History | 第16-18页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Waters’ Novels | 第18-24页 |
| ·Tipping the Velvet | 第18-19页 |
| ·Affinity | 第19-20页 |
| ·Fingersmith | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Night Watch | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Little Stranger | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two The Value Concepts of Waters’ Novels from the Perspective of New Historicism | 第24-29页 |
| ·The Pursuit of Freedom | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Pursuit of Equality | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three The Narrative Characteristics of Waters’ Novels from the Perspective of New Historicism | 第29-37页 |
| ·The Multiple Conversions of Narrative Perspective | 第29-32页 |
| ·The Narrative Perspective | 第29-30页 |
| ·The First Conversion of Narrative Perspective | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Second Conversion of Narrative Perspective | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Diversity of Narrative Strategy | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Diversity of Narrative Mode | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Diversity of Narrative Style | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Indeterminacy and Openness of Historical Narrative | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Indeterminacy of Character Images and Character's Destiny | 第35页 |
| ·The Openness of Novels’ Ending | 第35-37页 |
| Conclusion | 第37-39页 |
| Bibliography | 第39-41页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第41页 |
