| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| Chapter Two Inner Struggle—The Struggle between Individual's Instinctive Desire and Modern Civilization | 第18-33页 |
| ·Introduction of Freud's theory of psychoanalysis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Essence of inner struggle: irreconcilable struggle between id and superego | 第19页 |
| ·The inner struggle and psychological change of Francesca | 第19-27页 |
| ·Beginning: release of repressed id after meeting Kincaid | 第20-24页 |
| ·Release of repressed id: release of individual's instinctive desire | 第20-22页 |
| ·Superego: still predominating over id in the beginning | 第22-24页 |
| ·Climax: temporary victory of id over superego | 第24-26页 |
| ·Ending: superego repressing id | 第26-27页 |
| ·The inner struggle and psychological change of Kincaid | 第27-31页 |
| ·Conclusion of this chapter | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Kincaid and Francesca—the Author's Spokesman of Rebellion against Modern Civilization | 第33-50页 |
| ·The characterization of Kincaid-revealing the author's rebellion against modern civilization | 第33-40页 |
| ·Similarities between the author Robert James Waller and the hero Robert Kincaid | 第33-35页 |
| ·Uniqueness of Kincaid's character: rebellion against modern civilization | 第35-40页 |
| ·Unsociable, alienated from his contemporary men and modern society | 第35-36页 |
| ·Dissatisfaction with the highly commercialized modern society | 第36-37页 |
| ·Dissatisfaction with the highly organized modern society | 第37-38页 |
| ·Negative attitude towards modern science and technology | 第38-40页 |
| ·Conclusion of Kincaid's character | 第40页 |
| ·The characterization of Francesca-rebellion against modern civilization | 第40-50页 |
| ·Girlhood dream: revealing her instinctive desire and rebellious spirit | 第41-42页 |
| ·Discrepancy between girlhood dream and reality: irreconcilable struggle between individual's instinctive desire and modern civilization | 第42-44页 |
| ·Final choice: revealing the great influence of modern civilization on individual's instinctive desire | 第44-49页 |
| ·Special awareness of social influence: revealing the great restrictions of modern civilization over the individual | 第44-47页 |
| ·Finalchoice: revealing the great influence of modern civilization on individual's instinctive desire | 第47-49页 |
| ·Conclusion of Francesca's character | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four The Author's Writing Techniques--Enhancing His Rebellion against Modern Civilization | 第50-68页 |
| ·Multiple point of view-expressing rebellion against modern civilization through different perspectives | 第50-58页 |
| ·The author in the first person point of view: expressing his rebellious attitude towards modern civilization | 第51-52页 |
| ·Michael and Carolyn: expressing the author's rebellious attitude toward modern civilization through their opinion on the story | 第52-53页 |
| ·Kincaid's mother: revealing Kincaid's rebellious character through his mother's view | 第53-54页 |
| ·Francesca: revealing Kincaid's rebellious character through Francesca's view | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Editor in National Geographic: revealing Kincaid's rebellious character through the editor's view | 第55-56页 |
| ·Nighthawk Cumming's recollection of Kincaid's last period in life: revealing the inevitable outcome of the struggle between individual's instinctive desire and modern civilization | 第56-58页 |
| ·Conclusion of multiple point of view | 第58页 |
| ·Use of symbolic images: serving to reveal Kincaid's irreconcilability with modern civilization | 第58-64页 |
| ·Cowboy: wild, alienated from modern civilization, close to nature | 第59-60页 |
| ·Leopard: wild, free from restrictions of modern civilization | 第60-62页 |
| ·Peregrine: wild, free from restrictions of modern civilization, irreconcilable with modern civilization | 第62-63页 |
| ·Conclusion of symbolic images | 第63-64页 |
| ·Diction: use of scientific terms in literary writing-serving to reveal the author's negative attitude towards modern science and technology | 第64-66页 |
| ·Conclusion of this chapter | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix | 第75页 |
