| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-18页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Khaled Hosseini and The Kite Runner | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-15页 |
| ·A General Presentation of Trauma and Trauma Theory | 第15-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THE ORIGIN OF TRAUMAS IN THE KITE RUNNER | 第18-33页 |
| ·Individual Trauma -- Troubled Souls | 第19-25页 |
| ·Amir -- slave of guilt and remorse | 第19-22页 |
| ·Baba -- split self | 第22-25页 |
| ·Collective Trauma -- Dilemma with the Old Blood and Tradition | 第25-33页 |
| ·Cultural trauma -- gender and racial oppression | 第26-29页 |
| ·National trauma -- mingled love and regret | 第29-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE WORKING-THROUGH OF TRAUMAS -- FROM HAUNTING TO HEALING | 第33-45页 |
| ·Integration of the Past and the Present | 第34-38页 |
| ·Reconstruction of Identity | 第38-41页 |
| ·Enhanced Relationship with Others | 第41-45页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR ELEVATION FROM TRAUMA | 第45-54页 |
| ·Growing Self-Reliance | 第46-47页 |
| ·Compassion for Others | 第47-50页 |
| ·Elevated Philosophy of Life | 第50-54页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第54-59页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第59-64页 |
