| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-26页 |
| Chapter One The Specific Setting in The Day of the Locust | 第26-42页 |
| 1.1 The Geographical and Sociolocal Characteristics of the Setting | 第27-34页 |
| 1.2 The Ideological and Thematic Significance of the Setting | 第34-42页 |
| Chapter Two The Principal Subject of The Day of the Locust | 第42-66页 |
| 2.1 A New and Powerful Form of Mass Culture | 第42-51页 |
| 2.2 The Figures on the Fringes of the Film Industry | 第51-66页 |
| Chapter Three The Defining Theme of The Day of the Locust | 第66-92页 |
| 3.1 The Confusion of Illusion and Reality | 第67-78页 |
| 3.2 The Dismantling of the Hollywood Dream | 第78-92页 |
| Conclusion | 第92-98页 |
| Bibliography | 第98-104页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第104-106页 |
