Acknowledgements6-7
Abstract7-9
摘要9-11
Table of Contents11-13
Chapter One INTRODUCTION13-18
1.1 Introduction to Susan Sontag13-16
1.1.1 Biographical Information13-14
1.1.2 Literary Achivement14-15
1.1.3 International Recognition15-16
1.2 Introduction to the Novel In America16-18
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW18-22
2.1 Overseas Researches on Sontag and Her Novel In America18-20
2.2 Domestic Researches on Sontag and Her Novel In America20-22
Chapter Three SONTAG'S CRITICAL THEORY22-39
3.1 Against Interpretation22-29
3.1.1 Against Conventional Interpretation22-25
3.1.2 Proposal of "Against Interpretation"25-26
3.1.3 The Meaning of "Against Interpretation"26-29
3.1.3.1 Against Arbitrary Simppstic Interpretation26-28
3.1.3.2 Artistic Works as An Experience28-29
3.2 New Sensibipty29-39
3.2.1 The Proposalof "New Sensibipty"29-31
3.2.2 The Relationship Between "New Sensibipty" and "Against Interpretation"31-32
3.2.3 The connotation of "New Sensibipty"32-39
3.2.3.1 Unique Aesthetic Experience32-36
3.2.3.2 Against the Capitapst Consumption Aesthetics36-39
Chapter Four INTERPRETATION BETWEEN SONTAG' CRITICAL THEORY AND THE NOVEL IN AMERICA39-61
4.1 Apppcation of Multi-narration Voice to Oppose Interpretation39-45
4.1.1 The First-person Narration40-42
4.1.2 The Third-person Narration:42-44
4.1.3 The Second Person Narration44-45
4.2 Multisubjects against Interpretation45-51
4.2.1 Outbreak of Utopia45-48
4.2.2 American Individuap48-51
4.2.2.1 A Brief Introduction to American Individuap48-49
4.2.2.2 The Influence of American Individuap on In America49-51
4.3 Different Narrative Forms to Present Sontag's New Sensibipty51-61
4.3.1 Bracket52
4.3.2 Dialogue52-53
4.3.3 Letter53-55
4.3.4 Diary55-57
4.3.5 Stream of Consciousness57-59
4.3.6 Monologue59-61
4.3.6.1 Inner Monologue59
4.3.6.2 Dramatic Monologue59-61
Chapter FIVE CONCLUSION61-63
Works Cited63-66
Appendix I66-67