| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter Two American western fiction | 第10-20页 |
| ·Definition | 第10-12页 |
| ·The brief developing history of the American western fiction | 第12-15页 |
| ·The studies of the American western fiction at home and abroad | 第15-17页 |
| ·The review of the three selected fictions | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Three American individualism | 第20-31页 |
| ·The formation of American individualism | 第20-24页 |
| ·The origin of American individualism | 第20-21页 |
| ·The impact of Puritanism and Westward Movement | 第21-23页 |
| ·American individualism and American democracy | 第23-24页 |
| ·The essence of American individualism | 第24-25页 |
| ·The changes of American individualism in different period | 第25-31页 |
| ·The New England and the frontier individualism in the early stage | 第25-26页 |
| ·The rugged and collective individualism in industrialized period | 第26-28页 |
| ·The uncontrolled and seeking self-realization individualism after WW Ⅱ | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Four The concrete embodiments of the effects | 第31-51页 |
| ·The similarities of the heroic images | 第31-37页 |
| ·Pursuing independence and freedom | 第31-35页 |
| ·Striving for democracy and equality | 第35-36页 |
| ·Having the egoistic characteristic | 第36-37页 |
| ·The changes of the heroic images | 第37-51页 |
| ·Hawkeye: a perfect and ideal hero | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Virginian: an unsuccessful mediator | 第41-44页 |
| ·Call: a disillusioned hero | 第44-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| References | 第53-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-57页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的研究成果 | 第57页 |
