| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| 1.1 The author | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Tragic love and marriages in his works | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Literature review | 第13-15页 |
| 1.4 Significance and layout of the thesis | 第15-18页 |
| 2. The Trauma Theory | 第18-22页 |
| 2.1 Definition of trauma | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Symptoms of trauma and reasons | 第19-22页 |
| 3. Literary Manifestations of Maugham's Traumatic Psychology | 第22-38页 |
| 3.1 His characters' negative attitudes towards love and marriage | 第22-28页 |
| 3.1.1 Female characters-betray love and marriages | 第23-25页 |
| 3.1.2 Male characters--escape from love and marriages | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2 The uglified female images | 第28-38页 |
| 3.2.1 Dissolute women | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2.2 Hypocritical women | 第31-35页 |
| 3.2.3 Materialistic women | 第35-38页 |
| 4. Reasons for Maugham's Traumatic Psychology | 第38-48页 |
| 4.1 Personal traumatic experience | 第38-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Lack of maternal love | 第38-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Failure in puppy love and marriage | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.3 Physical defects | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 Impact of Social trauma | 第44-45页 |
| 4.3 Men's collective traumatic experience | 第45-48页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
