| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-8页 |
| Preface in Chinese | 第8-15页 |
| Abbreviations | 第15-16页 |
| Introduction | 第16-24页 |
| Chapter One: Death in the Context of Intrusion | 第24-35页 |
| Ⅰ Various Forms of the Intruder | 第24-26页 |
| Ⅱ Shock of Intrusion Upon the 'Normal' People | 第26-30页 |
| Ⅲ The Fatal Encounter of the Victim With the Intruder | 第30-35页 |
| Chapter Two: Death Within the Domestic Arena | 第35-45页 |
| Ⅰ Death of Children Prepared by Their Parents | 第35-38页 |
| Ⅱ Death of Parents Unwittingly Rejected by Their Children | 第38-42页 |
| Ⅲ Characteristics of Conflicts between Two Generations | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Three: Death-haunted Characters | 第45-52页 |
| Ⅰ Ruby Hill:A Woman in a Dilemma | 第45-47页 |
| Ⅱ General Sash:The Silent Arrival of the Imminent Death | 第47-49页 |
| Ⅲ Asbury Fox: Transformation of Death | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Four: O'Connor's Vision of Death | 第52-62页 |
| Ⅰ Death and Grotesques | 第52-54页 |
| Ⅱ Death in Relation to Evil and Divine Grace | 第54-56页 |
| Ⅲ Death as the Consequence of Displacement | 第56-57页 |
| Ⅳ The Convergence of Death and Motif of Home | 第57-59页 |
| Ⅴ The Authorial Strategy to Link Her View With the Reader | 第59-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Works Cited | 第64-67页 |
| Works Consulted | 第67页 |
