| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·Laurence Sterne and his Tristram Shandy | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature review | 第12-15页 |
| ·Focus and structure of the thesis | 第15-19页 |
| 2.Unconditional Love to Build a Happy Shandy Hall | 第19-27页 |
| ·Family love | 第19-23页 |
| ·Parent-child love | 第20-22页 |
| ·Sibling love | 第22-23页 |
| ·Fraternal love | 第23-27页 |
| ·Love between masters and servants | 第23-24页 |
| ·Love among strangers | 第24-27页 |
| 3.Utmost Toleration to Create Positive Atmosphere | 第27-35页 |
| ·Toleration of physical ordeals | 第28-30页 |
| ·Tristram's disasters from his birth | 第28-29页 |
| ·Toby's and Trim's being wounded in the war | 第29-30页 |
| ·Toleration of spiritual ordeals | 第30-35页 |
| ·Walt's toleration of his failure to communicate with others | 第30-33页 |
| ·Walter's toleration of others' mistakes against his son | 第33-34页 |
| ·Toby's toleration of others' mention of his wounds | 第34-35页 |
| 4.Sincere Respect to Advocate Humanity | 第35-40页 |
| ·Respect for others' eccentricities | 第35-37页 |
| ·Walter's philosophical thinking and sophistry | 第36页 |
| ·Toby's world of bowling green | 第36-37页 |
| ·Respect for sexual desire | 第37-40页 |
| 5.Heartfelt Sympathy to Enhance Closeness | 第40-46页 |
| ·Spontaneous expression of sympathy | 第40-42页 |
| ·Toby's and Trim's sympathetic tears | 第40-41页 |
| ·Tristram's spontaneous sympathy | 第41-42页 |
| ·Sympathy as stimulation of kind behaviors | 第42-46页 |
| ·Yorick's generosity to a midwife | 第42-43页 |
| ·A Beguine's help to Trim | 第43页 |
| ·Toby's care for young Le Fever | 第43-46页 |
| 6.Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-50页 |
