| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-18页 |
| ·THOREAU: A CULTURAL ICON | 第8-12页 |
| ·OBJECTIVES AND LAYOUT OF THE THESIS | 第12-14页 |
| ·A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THOREAU’S LIFE EXPERIENCES AND PERSONAL INCLINATIONS | 第14-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RESISTANCE TO THE AMERICAN TRADITION: REASONS FOR CONDUCTING THE EXPERIMENT | 第18-24页 |
| ·THE EXPANSION OF INDUSTRIALIZATION AND SLAVISH MATERIALISM | 第18-21页 |
| ·DESPERATE SPIRITUAL SLUMBER OF THE AMERICAN MULTITUDES | 第21-24页 |
| CHAPTER THREE SPIRITUAL ORIGINS OF THOREAU’S ANTI-CULTURAL THOUGHTS: THE INTEGRATION OF TRADITIONAL CULTURES | 第24-35页 |
| ·THE INCLINATION FOR POVERTY: THE WESTERN TRADITION OF “VOLUNTARY POVERTY” | 第24-26页 |
| ·IN SEARCH OF SELF-CULTIVATION AND HARMONY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ORIENTAL THOUGHTS: ANCIENT HINDU | 第26-29页 |
| ·PURSUIT OF A DYNAMIC ORGANISM UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF NEW ENGLAND CUTURAL TRADITION AND AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE | 第29-35页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RE-CREATION OF A NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE：NEW LIFE PATTERN IN THE EXPERIMENT | 第35-43页 |
| ·LIFE OF SIMPLICITY | 第35-37页 |
| ·LIFE OF SPIRITUAL INDEPENDENCE | 第37-40页 |
| ·RETURN TO NATURE AND WILDNESS | 第40-43页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DISMANTLEMENT AND RENOVATION OF THE NEW LIFE STYLE: TERMINATION OF THE EXPERIMENT | 第43-49页 |
| ·A RENEWAL OF INDIVIDUAL LIFE | 第43-45页 |
| ·FURTHER INSPECTION OF HUMAN TRADITION | 第45-49页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第49-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52-53页 |
| References | 第53-57页 |
| Appendix | 第57页 |
| 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文目录 | 第57页 |
