| English Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-13页 |
| 1 A Brief Introduction to Steinbeck | 第7-9页 |
| 2 The Critical Reviews on The Grapes of Wrath at Home and Abroad | 第9-13页 |
| ·The Critical Reviews on The Grapes of Wrath at Home | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Critical Reviews on The Grapes of Wrath Abroad | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One A Brief Introduction to Ecocriticism | 第13-16页 |
| ·Background of Ecocriticism | 第13-14页 |
| ·Essential Concept of Ecocriticism | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Steinbeck’s Ecological Thought and The Grapes of Wrath | 第16-29页 |
| ·The Sources of Steinbeck’s Ecological Thought | 第16-20页 |
| ·Steinbeck’s Childhood in Salinas Valley | 第16-17页 |
| ·Life in Hopkins Marine Station | 第17-18页 |
| ·Steinbeck’s Friendship with Ricketts | 第18-20页 |
| ·Steinbeck’s Ecological Thought in The Grapes of Wrath | 第20-29页 |
| ·People Sentimentally Dependent on and Attached to Land | 第20-23页 |
| ·Harmonious Relationship Between Man and Nature | 第23-26页 |
| ·Harmonious Relationship Between Man and Man | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three Significance of Steinbeck’s Ecological Thought | 第29-35页 |
| ·Attacking the Thought of “Anthropocentrism”in the West | 第29-31页 |
| ·Disclosing the Political, Social and Economical Root of the Eco-disaster | 第31页 |
| ·Awakening Human beings’Ecological Consciousness | 第31-35页 |
| Conclusion | 第35-37页 |
| Bibliography | 第37-40页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第40页 |
