| 中文摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-20页 |
| 1.1 Carson McCullers and Her Three Representative Novels | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1.1 Brief Introduction to Carson McCullers | 第9-10页 |
| 1.1.2 McCullers's Three Representative Novels | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1.2.1 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 第10-11页 |
| 1.1.2.2 Reflections in a Golden Eye | 第11-12页 |
| 1.1.2.3 The Ballad of Sad Cafe | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| 1.2.1 Studies on Carson McCullers Abroad | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2.2 Studies on Carson McCullers in China | 第15-18页 |
| 1.3 Research Objectives and Significance | 第18页 |
| 1.4 Overview of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Trauma Theory | 第20-28页 |
| 2.1 The Definition of Trauma | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 The Development of Trauma Theory | 第21-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Development of Trauma Theory | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Contemporary Development of Trauma Theory | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3 Symptoms of Trauma | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three Causes of McCullers's Trauma | 第28-33页 |
| 3.1 McCullers's Life Experiences | 第28-31页 |
| 3.2 The Social Background | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3 The Influences of the South | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Four Traumatic Themes in Carson McCullers'Novels | 第33-55页 |
| 4.1 Trauma of Handicapped Bodies | 第33-38页 |
| 4.1.1 The Pair of Deaf-Mute Friends in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 第34-36页 |
| 4.1.2 The Humpbacked Cousin Lymon in The Ballad of Sad Cafe | 第36-37页 |
| 4.1.3 The Finger-deformed Baby and Self-mutilated Alison in Reflections in a GoldenEye | 第37-38页 |
| 4.2 Sexual Trauma | 第38-42页 |
| 4.2.1 The Sexually Impotent Biff in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2.2 The Homosexual Captain Penderton in Reflections in a Golden Eye | 第41-42页 |
| 4.3 Trauma in Racial Discrimination, Slavery and Capitalist Exploitation | 第42-49页 |
| 4.3.1 Copeland's Trauma in Racial Discrimination and Slavery | 第43-46页 |
| 4.3.2 Jack Blount's Trauma in Capitalist Exploitation | 第46-49页 |
| 4.4 Marriage and Family Trauma | 第49-52页 |
| 4.4.1 Alison's Marriage Trauma in Reflections in a Golden Eye | 第49-51页 |
| 4.4.2 Marvin Macy's Family Trauma in The Ballad of Sad Cafe | 第51-52页 |
| 4.5 Love Trauma-- Eccentric Triangle love in The Ballad of Sad Cafe | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Five Ways of Coping with Trauma | 第55-60页 |
| 5.1 Writing | 第55-56页 |
| 5.2 Talking Cure | 第56-58页 |
| 5.3 Renewing connection with others | 第58-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
| 个人简历 | 第65-66页 |
| 攻读学位期间所发表的论文 | 第66页 |
