声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction to Kurt Vonnegut
1.2 Introduction to Slaughterhouse Five
1.3 Literature Reviews of Kurt Vonnegut’ Slaughterhouse Five
1.3.1 The Critical Reviews Abroad
1.3.2 The Critical Reviews at Home
1.4 Thesis Statement
Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation
2.1 The Background of Metafictional Theory
2.2 The Various Definitious of Metafiction
2.3 The Narrative Strategies Used in Metafiction
2.3.1 Strategy——self-reflexivity and Parody
2.3.2 Strategy——Collage,Montage and Shift of Time-Space
Chapter 3 Metafictional Strategies used in Slaughterhouse Five
3.1 Self-reflexivity
3.1.1 Self-conscious Narrators
3.1.2 Self-consciousness about the Fictionalization
3.2 Parodv
3.2.1 Parody of Jesus Christ
3.2.2 Parody of Garden of Eden
3.2.3 Parody of Offcial Historical Writing and Documents
3.2.4 Parody of Official Historians
3.3 Shift of Time-Space
3.3.1 Shfit of Time
3.3.2 Shift of Space
3.4 Montage
3.5 Collage
Chapter 4 Metafictional Themes Related to Slaughterhouse Five
4.1 The Uncertain Relationship between Fiction and Reality
4.2 The Overlapping of History and Fiction
4.3 The New Relationship Between Writing and Reading
Chapter 5 Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgments