| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Contents | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to the Author and His Works | 第8-13页 |
| 1.1.1 An Introduction to John Hawkes and His Major Works | 第8-11页 |
| 1.1.2 An Introduction to The Cannibal | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review of John Hawkes and The Cannibal | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2.1 The Critical Review Abroad | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2.2 The Critical Reviews at Home | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Significance and Major Arguments of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Theory of Historiographic Metafiction | 第16-26页 |
| 2.1 The Rising Process of Historiographic Metafiction | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2 The Characteristics of Historiographic Metafiction | 第19-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Exposing, Parody and the Juxtaposition of Historical Contexts in Historiographic Metafiction | 第20-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Historicity in Historiographic Metafiction | 第24页 |
| 2.2.3 The Definition of Historiographic Metafiction | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Narrative Characteristics of Historiographic Metafiction in The Cannibal | 第26-43页 |
| 3.1 Parodies in The Cannibal | 第26-37页 |
| 3.1.1 Parodies of Historical Figures and Contexts | 第29-33页 |
| 3.1.2 Parodies of the Third-personal Narration and Historical Writing Style | 第33-37页 |
| 3.2 The View of Time-space in The Cannibal | 第37-43页 |
| 3.2.1 Transformation of Time-space | 第37-39页 |
| 3.2.2 Juxtaposition of Historical Contexts | 第39-43页 |
| Chapter4 Function of Historiographic Metafiction in The Cannibal | 第43-56页 |
| 4.1 The Function of Exposing Fictionality of History | 第43-48页 |
| 4.1.1 The Fictionality of The Cannibal | 第43-46页 |
| 4.1.2 Textuality of History | 第46-48页 |
| 4.2 Politic Function of Historiographic Metafiction in The Cannibal | 第48-56页 |
| 4.2.1 Exposing the Routinized Narration of History Text | 第48-51页 |
| 4.2.2 Exposing the Power Discourse and Ideological Dialogue Hidden in History | 第51-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| References | 第58-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
