声明
致谢
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Ernest J. Gaines and His Literary Career
1.2 Introduction of A Lesson Before Dying
1.3 Research Purpose
1.4 Thesis Framework
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Previous Studies on Gaines Abroad
2.2 Previous Studies on Gaines at Home
Chapter 3 Theoretical Basis---New Historicism
3.1 The Introduction of New Historicism
3.2 Major Principles
Chapter 4 The Historicity of Text--- A Society with the Ideology of White Supremacy
4.1 Exterior Influence on A Lesson Before Dying
4.2 Historical Influence on A Lesson Before Dying
4.3 White Supremacy
Chapter 5 The Texuality of History---Reconstruction of A New Black Image
5.1 The Real Historical Story in A Lesson Before Dying
5.2 Gaines’s Version of the Story in A Lesson Before Dying
5.3 Gaines’s Ways Helping to Reconstruct History
5.4 Reconstruction of A New Black Image
Chapter 6 Conclusion
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