| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| ·Thomas Hardy and an Overview of Jude the Obscure | 第8-10页 |
| ·Major Critical Responses to the Novel | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Binary Opposition and Structuralism | 第15-20页 |
| ·What is Binary Opposition? | 第15-16页 |
| ·Structuralism | 第16-18页 |
| ·Saussure’s Linguistic Concepts | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Theory of Claude Lévi-Strauss | 第17页 |
| ·Roland Barthes’ Assumption | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Application of Binary Opposition to Literary Criticism | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Binary Opposition in Characters | 第20-35页 |
| ·Conflicts within the Characters | 第20-30页 |
| ·Jude: a Pursuer of Ideals and a Loser in Reality | 第20-26页 |
| ·Sue: A New Woman of Splitting Character | 第26-30页 |
| ·Conflicts between Characters | 第30-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Binary Oppositions in Theme | 第35-50页 |
| ·Flesh and Spirit | 第35-38页 |
| ·Love and Marriage | 第38-50页 |
| ·Social Background | 第38-42页 |
| ·Marriage without Love | 第42-46页 |
| ·Love Without Marriage:Jude and Sue | 第46-50页 |
| Conclusion | 第50-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-55页 |
