| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| 1.1 Life and Literary Achievements of Saul Bellow | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Introduction to the Novels | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第14-17页 |
| 1.4 The Originality of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| 1.5 The Structure of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Theories about Consumer Society and Alienation | 第20-27页 |
| 2.1 Characteristics of the Consumer Society | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 The Consequence of the Consumption Culture:Alienation | 第21-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Nature of Alienation | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 The Relationship Between Consumption and Alienation | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2.3 Alienation of Consumption Subject | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Consumption Culture in Humboldt's Gift and More Die ofHeartbreak | 第27-40页 |
| 3.1 The Influence of Consumerism in Humboldt's Gift | 第27-34页 |
| 3.1.1 The Influence of Consumerism on Citrine | 第28-31页 |
| 3.1.2 The Influence of Consumerism on Humboldt | 第31-34页 |
| 3.2 The Influence of Consumerism in More Die of Heartbreak | 第34-40页 |
| 3.2.1 The Influence of Consumerism on Benn | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2.2 The Influence of Consumerism on The Layamon | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Four Alienation Manifested in Bellow's Selected Works | 第40-52页 |
| 4.1 Alienation from Society | 第40-43页 |
| 4.1.1 Humboldt's Alienation from the Material World | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Kenneth—An Alienated Spectator | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2 Alienation from Others | 第43-47页 |
| 4.2.1 Alienation Between Couples | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2.2 Alienation Between Friends | 第45-47页 |
| 4.3 Alienation from Himself | 第47-52页 |
| 4.3.1 Citrine's Material Characteristics | 第47-49页 |
| 4.3.2 Benn's Alienation from Himself | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Five Resistance to Alienation in Consumer Society | 第52-61页 |
| 5.1 Pursuit of Humanitarian Spirit | 第52-56页 |
| 5.1.1 Humboldt's Struggle for An Ideal World | 第52-54页 |
| 5.1.2 Benn's Insistence of Traditional Morality | 第54-56页 |
| 5.2 Reconstruction of Harmonious Relationships | 第56-61页 |
| 5.2.1 Citrine's Reflection on Modern Life | 第56-58页 |
| 5.2.2 Kenneth's Balance between Material Reality and Spiritual World | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| Works Cited | 第64-66页 |
| Publication | 第66页 |
