声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Introduction
0.1 Introduction to E.L.Doctorow
0.2 Ragtime and its Literary Review
0.3 Jewish Identity Construction
Chapter One Tateh’s Identity Crisis in Ragtime
1.1 Tateh’s Survival Predicaments
1.1.1 Tateh’s poverty in daily life
1.1.2 Tateh’s failure in family life
1.2 Tateh’s Value Conflicts
1.2.1 Tateh’s Jewish Values
1.2.2 American Values in Ragtime
1.2.3 Value Conflicts between Tateh and American society
Chapter Two Confusion of Jewish Identity in Ragtime
2.1 Wandering Jew
2.1.1 Tateh’s Wandering Way
2.1.2 Tateh’s Emotional Wandering
2.2 Tateh’s Confusion
2.2.1 Tateh’s Sexual Confusion
2.2.2 Confusion about Social System in America
2.3 Partial Obeying to the Jewish Traditions
2.3.1 The Changing in Clothing for Tateh
2.3.2 Obeying the Traditional Jewish Marriage
2.3.3 The Changing in Values for Tateh
Chapter Three Jewish identity Construction in Ragtime
3.1 Family Relationships in Ragtime
3.1.1 Relationship between Tateh and Mameh
3.1.2 Relationship between Tateh and his daughter
3.1.3 Relationship between Houdini and his mother
3.1.4 Jewish Family Education
3.2 Jewish Identity in Social Beliefs
3.2.1 Socialist Belief
3.2.2 Stable Jewish Notion and Jewish Identity
Conclusion
Works Cited