| 摘要 | 第3-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-26页 |
| 1.1 Elizabeth Strout and Olive Kitteridge | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review of Olive Kitteridge | 第10-16页 |
| 1.2.1 Studies Abroad | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2.2 Studies in China | 第13-16页 |
| 1.3 Albert Camus and His Philosophy of the Absurd | 第16-24页 |
| 1.3.1 Background of Camus's Philosophy of the Absurd | 第17-20页 |
| 1.3.2 Main Ideas of Camus's Philosophy of the Absurd | 第20-23页 |
| 1.3.3 The Way of Revolt against the Absurd | 第23-24页 |
| 1.4 Framework of the Thesis | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 2 Crosby: Microcosm of the Absurd World | 第26-37页 |
| 2.1 Rebecca and Jim's Repetition of Monotonous Life | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2 Jane and Bob's Fear of the Inevitable Death | 第29-32页 |
| 2.3 Olive and Harmon's Feeling of Estrangement | 第32-37页 |
| 2.3.1 Divorce between Man and the World | 第32-35页 |
| 2.3.2 Strangeness between Man and Others | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Strout's Criticism of Suicide in Crosby | 第37-46页 |
| 3.1 Denial of Nina's Physical Suicide | 第37-40页 |
| 3.2 Denial of Louise Larkin and Sean O'Casey's Philosophical Suicide | 第40-46页 |
| 3.2.1 Denial of Louise Larkin's Pessimism and Cynicism | 第41-42页 |
| 3.2.2 Denial of Sean O'Casey's Seeking for God's Salvation | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Crosby's Resistance in Absurdity | 第46-57页 |
| 4.1 Henry and Olive's Pursuit of Quantitative Ethics | 第47-52页 |
| 4.1.1 Henry's Trying of New Things | 第48-49页 |
| 4.1.2 Olive's Positive Prolonging of Life | 第49-52页 |
| 4.2 Jane and Bob's Maximal Enjoyment of the Present Life | 第52-57页 |
| 4.2.1 Jane and Bob's Cherishing and Enjoying of the Present Life | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2.2 Jane's Forgetting about the Past | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65-66页 |
