| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·A General Introduction to Kerouac and his Works | 第10-12页 |
| ·An introduction to On the Road | 第12-14页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter One Kerouac’s Physical Quest Reflected in On the Road | 第18-28页 |
| ·The Subversion to the Conformity/ Tradition | 第18-26页 |
| ·The Search for a Mobile Life | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Yearning for Organic Stimulation | 第22-26页 |
| ·The Quest for Natural World | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two Kerouac’s Spiritual Quest Reflected in On the Road | 第28-43页 |
| ·The Binary Opposites of Spiritual Quest | 第28-38页 |
| ·Self vs. Others: Questing for the Self | 第28-31页 |
| ·Soul vs. body: Pursuing the Soul | 第31-35页 |
| ·Now vs. Past: Living for the Present | 第35-38页 |
| ·The Search for Father | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Absence of Biological Father | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Presence of Spiritual Father | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Three Kerouac’s Stylistic Quest Embodied in On the Road | 第43-55页 |
| ·The Tentative Writing Style: the Spontaneous Prose | 第43-53页 |
| ·The Subversion to the Traditional Writing | 第43-50页 |
| ·The Implications behind the Explorative Writing | 第50-53页 |
| ·Its Influence on his Other Works | 第53-54页 |
| ·Its Influence on the Other Beat Generation Writers | 第54-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
