| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-16页 |
| ·EDITH WHARTON AND THE AGE OF INNOCENCE | 第8-9页 |
| ·LITERATURE REVIEW | 第9-10页 |
| ·THESIS STATEMENT AND CRITICAL APPROACH | 第10-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO EVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTIONS AND EDITH WHARTON’S LITERARY CREATION | 第16-23页 |
| ·DARWINIAN INFLUENCE ON EDITH WHARTON | 第16-18页 |
| ·WHARTON’S SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC THOUGHTS IN HER LITERARY CRITICISM | 第18-21页 |
| ·EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES EMBODIED IN THE AGE OF INNOCENCE | 第21-23页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE REPRESSED AND REDIRECTED BIOLOGICAL INSTINCT | 第23-36页 |
| ·A CULTURALLY RESTRICTED PERCEPTION UNDER INSPECTION | 第24-28页 |
| ·SUBLIMATION OF INSTINCT TO AESTHETICS | 第28-32页 |
| ·FORBIDDEN IDEAS WITHOUT ENTRIES IN ARCHER’S LEXICON | 第32-36页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ADAPTIVE MORAL SENSE | 第36-53页 |
| ·“TRIBAL INSTINCTS”ACT AGAINST THE RULES OF NATURE | 第37-47页 |
| ·Imperative Family Feeling | 第38-44页 |
| ·Exclusion of Otherness | 第44-47页 |
| ·ARCHER’S PSYCHOLOGICAL MATURITY AND ESCAPE | 第47-53页 |
| ·“Strange and Meaningless”Life Perceived by Archer | 第48-50页 |
| ·Escape to Feel the “Blood in His Veins” | 第50-53页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第53-55页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第55-56页 |
| REFERENCES | 第56-59页 |
| APPENDIX | 第59页 |
| 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第59页 |
