| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter One Oates's Life Experience and Its Influence on Her View of Violence | 第16-27页 |
| ·Oates's Life Experience | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Depression:Influence of Her Parents' Life on Her Childhood | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Detroit Riot | 第19-20页 |
| ·Influence of Oates's Childhood on Her View of the Poor and the Injured | 第20-21页 |
| ·Oates's Artistic View:the Tragic Vision | 第21-25页 |
| ·The title them | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Two Representation of Violence and Its Creation of Violent Ambiance | 第27-39页 |
| ·Violent Relationship Both in Society and in Family | 第28-31页 |
| ·Violent Language and Images | 第31-39页 |
| ·Language as Rhetorical Violence | 第32-34页 |
| ·Images | 第34-39页 |
| Chapter Three Enlightenment:Comparison of Three Main Characters' Reaction to Violence | 第39-54页 |
| ·Comparison of Three Main Characters' Reaction to Violence | 第39-50页 |
| ·Resilient Loretta | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Pessimistic Victim—Maureen | 第42-46页 |
| ·Hopeful Jules | 第46-50页 |
| ·Enlightenment | 第50-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
| Acknowlgements | 第60-61页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第61页 |
