| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| ·Mark Strand and His The Continuous of Life | 第12-15页 |
| ·Critical Responses Home and Aboard to The Continuous Life | 第15-17页 |
| ·Puzzling Title:Continuous or Discontintinuous Life | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Encountering Death in The Continuous Life | 第19-34页 |
| ·Death is Mysterious | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Perception of Death through Various Metaphors | 第22-29页 |
| ·Equality | 第23-24页 |
| ·Darkness | 第24-29页 |
| ·Facing Death:the Uncertainty of Self | 第29-34页 |
| Chapter Three Death and Paradox of Self | 第34-47页 |
| ·Self-alienation:I Am Not What I Am | 第36-40页 |
| ·Reality and Fantasy | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Image of Absence | 第41-42页 |
| ·Self in the Mirror | 第42-44页 |
| ·Self and Fleeting Time | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Four The Epiphany of Death | 第47-60页 |
| ·The Beauty of Death | 第47-51页 |
| ·Possibilities of Continuous Life | 第51-56页 |
| ·Love:The Ultimate Cure for Death | 第56-58页 |
| ·Freedom:Road to the Noble Death | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| ·Brief Summary of the Findings | 第60页 |
| ·Evaluation and Further Study | 第60-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-66页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的科研成果 | 第66页 |
