| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| 1.1 Research Background of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Research Purposes | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Research Significance | 第15页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review and Theoretical Framework | 第18-35页 |
| 2.1 Philip Roth and Research Status at Home | 第18-22页 |
| 2.2 Philip Roth and Research Status Abroad | 第22-26页 |
| 2.3 The Desire Trilogy Study | 第26-27页 |
| 2.4 Theoretical Framework | 第27-35页 |
| 2.4.1 Brief Introduction of Identity Theory | 第27-29页 |
| 2.4.2 Identity Embodied in Roth?s Novels | 第29-32页 |
| 2.4.3 Identity and the Desire Trilogy | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Three Desire Anxiety and Identity Representation | 第35-52页 |
| 3.1 Representation of Kepesh?s Desire Anxiety | 第35-45页 |
| 3.1.1 Desire Anxiety of Sex | 第36-40页 |
| 3.1.2 Desire Anxiety of Spiritual Demands | 第40-43页 |
| 3.1.3 Desire Anxiety of Selfness | 第43-45页 |
| 3.2 Representation of Kepesh?s Identity | 第45-52页 |
| 3.2.1 Identity as a“Nice”Jewish Boy | 第45-47页 |
| 3.2.2 Identity as a Dutiful Practitioner of Americanized Life | 第47-49页 |
| 3.2.3 Identity as a Responsible Public Intellectual | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Four Identity Lost | 第52-68页 |
| 4.1 Identity Lost as an Individual | 第52-57页 |
| 4.1.1 Identity Lost in Sensational Stimulation | 第52-55页 |
| 4.1.2 Identity Lost in Physical Alienation | 第55-57页 |
| 4.2 Identity Lost as a Family Master | 第57-64页 |
| 4.2.1 Broken Marriage:“More”or“Enough” | 第58-60页 |
| 4.2.2 Broken Filiation: a Good Father or an Old Lecher | 第60-64页 |
| 4.3 Identity Lost as a Social Being | 第64-68页 |
| 4.3.1 Identity Lost in Written and Unwritten World | 第64-65页 |
| 4.3.2 Identity Lost in Intellectual Consciousness | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Five Identity Construction and Recognition | 第68-83页 |
| 5.1 Identity Construction | 第68-74页 |
| 5.1.1 Identity Construction as an American | 第69-71页 |
| 5.1.2 Identity Construction as a Jew | 第71-73页 |
| 5.1.3 Identity Construction as Hybridity | 第73-74页 |
| 5.2 Identity Recognition | 第74-83页 |
| 5.2.1 Identity Recognition to Subjectivity | 第75-78页 |
| 5.2.2 Identity Recognition to Jewish Tradition | 第78-79页 |
| 5.2.3 Identity Recognition to Cultural Identity | 第79-83页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第83-87页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第83-85页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and Improvements | 第85页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions for the Further Study | 第85-87页 |
| References | 第87-92页 |
| Appendix1 Chinese Editions of Roth’s Creation | 第92-93页 |
| Appendix 2 Collection of Philip Roth Study at Home | 第93-94页 |
| Works and Papers Published During the Past Three Years | 第94页 |
