| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-17页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Thomas Wolfe | 第8-11页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Look Homeward, Angel | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework—Sartre's Existentialism | 第14-17页 |
| 2 The Absurd Existence of the Gants | 第17-33页 |
| ·"Existence precedes essence" "World is absurd, while life is anguished" | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Loneliness and Anguish of the Gants | 第18-33页 |
| ·The Absurd Match of Gant and Eliza | 第19-23页 |
| ·The Loneliness and Lostness of Eugene in His Growing up | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Tragedy of Ben | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Unexamined Life of Other Children | 第28-33页 |
| 3 Eugene's Choice in an Absurd World | 第33-43页 |
| ·"Free Choice" "Escaping from Inauthentic Existence and Searching for MeaningfulExistence" | 第33-34页 |
| ·Eugene's Quest for the Meaning of Life | 第34-43页 |
| ·Eugene's Escape from Inauthentic Existence | 第34-37页 |
| ·Eugene's Searching for Meaningful Existence | 第37-43页 |
| 4 Look Homeward, Angel—the Recurrence of American Experience and theReflection of Human Existence in Existentialism | 第43-54页 |
| ·The Recurrence of American Experience | 第43-52页 |
| ·The Disillusion of American Dream | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Quest of the Lost Generation | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Whole Scene of American Society | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Hope Never Given up | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Reflection of Human Existence | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Status of Existence | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Meaning of Existence | 第53-54页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Notes | 第56-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Papers Published in the Period of M.A. Education | 第64-65页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第65-66页 |
