| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-29页 |
| 1.1 Robert Coover and His Major Works | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 Introduction to The Universal Baseball Association | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第16-21页 |
| 1.4 Literary Theories of Postmodernism and Fiction-Making | 第21-27页 |
| 1.5 Thesis Statement and Structure | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 2 Narrative Carnival: Fictional Systems and Cultural Implications | 第29-53页 |
| 2.1 Sports Game and Popular Culture | 第29-37页 |
| 2.1.1 All Games are Fiction:Baseball as an Example | 第31-34页 |
| 2.1.2 More than a Game: Popular Cultures' Implications | 第34-37页 |
| 2.2 Religious Myth and Collapse of Belief | 第37-45页 |
| 2.2.1 Biblical Parallels Underlying the Fictional World | 第37-40页 |
| 2.2.2 Deconstruction of Religions in Both Fiction and Reality | 第40-45页 |
| 2.3 Historical Recording and Question of Truth | 第45-53页 |
| 2.3.1 Recording System of the Baseball Association History | 第46-49页 |
| 2.3.2 Nature of Histories and Celebration of Pluralism | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter 3 Existential Anxiety:Binary Oppositions and Possible Solution | 第53-83页 |
| 3.1 Subject and Object | 第53-62页 |
| 3.1.1 Opposition Between Henry and the World of Reality | 第54-57页 |
| 3.1.2 Reversal Between the Subject and the Object | 第57-62页 |
| 3.2 Order and Chaos | 第62-72页 |
| 3.2.1 Constructed Order in Life of Reality | 第63-66页 |
| 3.2.2 Unavoidable Chaos in World of Fantasy | 第66-72页 |
| 3.3 Reality and Fantasy | 第72-83页 |
| 3.3.1 Reality as the Fake vs. Fantasy as the Real | 第72-78页 |
| 3.3.2 Development of the Relation Between Reality and Fantasy in Fiction | 第78-83页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第83-85页 |
| Bibliography | 第85-89页 |
| Papers Published During the Study for M. A. Degree | 第89页 |
