| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| 1. A Brief Introduction of Buck and Her Works | 第10页 |
| 2. Buck’s China Complex and the Cross-cultural Contributions | 第10-12页 |
| 3. The Current Research Situation Abroad and Domestically | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Current Research Situation Abroad | 第12页 |
| ·The Current Research Situation Domestically | 第12-13页 |
| 4. Situation and Background in China during Pearl Buck's writing her The Good Earth | 第13-15页 |
| 5. Summary of The Good Earth | 第15-16页 |
| 6. The Argument, the Research Methods and the Significance of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Argument of the Thesis | 第16页 |
| ·The Research Methods of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Significance of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter One The excellent Chinese farmers’ qualities | 第18-25页 |
| 1. The Attachment to Earth | 第18-19页 |
| 2. The Love of the Materials Offered by Nature | 第19-20页 |
| 3. Family Ideas | 第20页 |
| 4. Economical | 第20页 |
| 5. Filial Piety | 第20-23页 |
| ·Wang Lung's Filial Piety to his Father | 第21页 |
| ·Wang Lung's obligations to his uncles | 第21-22页 |
| ·Domestic Discipline Used to Punish Their Children | 第22页 |
| ·Following the Elder’s Orders without Question | 第22页 |
| ·The Young’s Career and Spouse Selected by Their Elders | 第22-23页 |
| 6. Kind-hearted Generous and Benevolent | 第23页 |
| 7. Hard-working, Diligence | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Two Typical Vulnerabilities to Chinese Farmers | 第25-29页 |
| 1. To live at the mercy of the elements | 第25页 |
| 2. Narrow-mindedness | 第25-26页 |
| 3. Superstition | 第26页 |
| 4. Cowardliness | 第26-27页 |
| 5. Ignorance | 第27页 |
| 6. Lust for Women | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Lower Social Status of the Chinese Farmers’Women | 第29-36页 |
| 1. Preferring boys to girls | 第29-30页 |
| 2. Foot-binding | 第30-32页 |
| 3. Marriage and Authority of the Husband | 第32-34页 |
| 4. Concubinage | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Four The Limitation under the Cross-culture View | 第36-40页 |
| 1. Foreigner’s View | 第36页 |
| 2. Backwardness, Conservativeness and Ignorance Covered by Writer’s Romantic Feelings | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Fortune from the Land | 第37页 |
| ·Suffering from the Land | 第37页 |
| ·Healing Power from the Land | 第37-38页 |
| 3. A Stranger and Guest’s View | 第38页 |
| 4. Making Excuses for the Farmers’ Corruption | 第38页 |
| 5. The Writer’s Superiority from the Foreigners | 第38-40页 |
| Conclusion | 第40-42页 |
| Bibliography | 第42-44页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第44-45页 |
