| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第13-27页 |
| A. A Brief Introduction to Philip Roth and The Human Stain | 第13-18页 |
| 1. Introduction to Philip Roth | 第13-15页 |
| 2. Introduction to The Human Stain | 第15-18页 |
| B. A Brief Introduction to Existentialism | 第18-25页 |
| 1. The Growth of Existentialism | 第19-21页 |
| 2. Jean-Paul Sartre’s Existentialism | 第21-25页 |
| a. Freedom and Making Choice | 第22-23页 |
| b. Absurdity and Agony | 第23-24页 |
| c. Alienation | 第24-25页 |
| C. Thesis Statement | 第25-27页 |
| CHAPTER II ABSURDITY AND AGONY IN THE HUMAN STAIN | 第27-74页 |
| A. Absurdity of the Society | 第27-38页 |
| 1. Moral Paradox: Immoral Moralist | 第27-34页 |
| 2. Negrophobia: Repulsion without Provocation | 第34-38页 |
| B. Agony of the Human Life | 第38-71页 |
| 1. Agony from Physical Diseases and Mental Sufferings | 第38-46页 |
| a. Nathan Zukerman | 第39-40页 |
| b. Faunia Farley | 第40-42页 |
| c. Lester Farley | 第42-46页 |
| 2. The Origins of Agony: Alienation and Isolation of Modern People | 第46-71页 |
| a. Human Beings Alienated from Nature | 第46-68页 |
| b. Lonely Individuals Seeking for Comfort | 第68-71页 |
| C. Summary | 第71-74页 |
| CHAPTER III BEING IN THE ABSURD WORLD: FREE CHOICE AND SELFDENIAL | 第74-89页 |
| A. Coleman: A Jew Born in a Black Family | 第74-78页 |
| 1. Denial of His Racial Identity and Black Family | 第74-77页 |
| 2. Denial of His Middle Class Moral Value and Jewish Family | 第77-78页 |
| B. Faunia: A Woman without Anything | 第78-81页 |
| 1. Denial of Upper Class Life | 第78-79页 |
| 2. Denial of Her Social Attributes | 第79-81页 |
| C. Lester Farley: A Man Dwelling in Nature | 第81-85页 |
| 1. Swinging Between Normal and Abnormal Life | 第81-83页 |
| 2. Denial of His Social Attributes | 第83-85页 |
| D. Delphine Roux: A Little Girl Running Away from Home | 第85-88页 |
| 1. Denial of Family Shade | 第85-86页 |
| 2. Denial of Political Correctness | 第86-88页 |
| E. Summary | 第88-89页 |
| CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION | 第89-92页 |
| A. Major Finding of the Study | 第89-90页 |
| B. Limitations of the Study | 第90页 |
| C. Suggestions for the Future Study | 第90-92页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第92-94页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第94页 |
