| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 2 The historical and cultural contexts for Sister Carrie | 第13-20页 |
| ·Darwinism and Determinism | 第13-15页 |
| ·American naturalism | 第15-17页 |
| ·The rise of Consumerism | 第17-20页 |
| 3 the common and unique characteristics of naturalism in Sister Carrie | 第20-42页 |
| ·The common characteristics of naturalism in Dreiser' works | 第20-25页 |
| ·Theodore Dreiser | 第20-21页 |
| ·The common characteristics of naturalism in Dreiser'works | 第21-25页 |
| ·The unique characteristics of naturalism in Sister Carrie | 第25-42页 |
| ·The relationship among reason, free will and instinct | 第25-30页 |
| ·Dreiser's evolutionary ethic in Sister Carrie | 第30-35页 |
| ·Carrie's insatiable desires | 第35-42页 |
| 4 The naturalism emphasizing consumer environment in Sister Carrie | 第42-56页 |
| ·The consumer environments in the novel | 第42-48页 |
| ·The consumer cities in the novel | 第42-45页 |
| ·The department stores in the consumer city | 第45-46页 |
| ·The consumer environment in restaurant | 第46-47页 |
| ·Theater life | 第47-48页 |
| ·The characters in the consumer environments | 第48-52页 |
| ·A 'New Woman' in consumer environment | 第48-51页 |
| ·The consumers in Hurstwood's family | 第51页 |
| ·Drouet's sex consumption | 第51-52页 |
| ·The negative effect of comsumerism on Carrie'happiness | 第52-56页 |
| 5 The naturalism highlighted by the duality in Sister Carrie | 第56-69页 |
| ·The duality in Dreiser's interventions in the text | 第56-58页 |
| ·The duality of Dreiser's natualist figure in Sister Carrie | 第58-63页 |
| ·Dreiser's divided figure in the novel | 第58-59页 |
| ·Carrie's sensuous desire vs. Ames's cultivated restraint | 第59-63页 |
| ·The duality reflecting Darwinism in Sister Carrie | 第63-65页 |
| ·The duality reflecting consumer environment in Sister Carrie | 第65-66页 |
| ·The duality of Carrie's desire | 第66-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-72页 |
