Introduction
1.Doctorow and His Boy-narrators in New York
2.Dialogism Between Critics and Doctorow
3.“Little Wanderer”and the City
4.Literature Review
Chapter One Wandering as Perceptive Psychic Alien in The Book of Daniel
1.1 Childhood Trauma and Psychic’Alien
1.1.1 Alienation Perceived.Inherited and Forced
1.1.2 Survivor Syndrome of the Little Wanderers
1.2 Orphan in Search of a Real“Home”
1.2.1 Perception of“Home”
1.2.2 A Wandering Soul in Search of“Home”
1.2.3 “Home”Motif and the City
1.2.4 Sublimation by Death and Orphanage
1.3 Desire for Utopia As a Cure for Trauma
1.3.1 Prototypes of the Future Dwelling Place
1.3.2 Disneyland as a Prototype of Utopia
1.3.3 Open Ending Suggesting Possibilities
Chapter Two Wandering to Be Perceptive Typical American Boy in World'S Fair
2.1 The Journey of Self Discovery
2.1.1 The“Shock”Motif
2.1.2 Accumulated Love of the City under Father'S Influence
2.1.3 Jewish American Boy as a New Yorker
2.2 The Cityscape Perceived from the Little Wanderer'S Eyes
2.2.1 Natural Environment in the City
2.2.2 Built Environment in the City
2.2.3 Human Environment in the City
2.2.4 Verbal Environment in the City
2.3 The World'S Fair as the Hope for Future Citizens
2.3.1 The World'S Fair and Its Logo：the Signifier and the
Signified
2.3.2 Edgar'S Stroll in the World'S Fair
2.3.3 The World'S Fair Perceived from Edgar'S Eyes
Chapter Three Wandering as Capable Perceptive Apprentice in Billy Bathgate
3.1 Capable Perceptive Wanderer in Pursuit of American Dream
3.2 Searching for a“Father”and Becoming a“Father”
3.2.1 Wandering in the Street in Search of Patrimony
3.2.2 Idling Resistance and Growth
3.2.3 Oedipus Showing Paternal Love in His Stroll
3.3 Billy the Little Wanderer'S Space Values
3.3.1 Cultural Map of New York
3.3.2 Identification with New York
3.3.3 The Man of the Crowd
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Postscript
