| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-31页 |
| 1.1 Chinua Achebe and His Literary Career | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Introduction to Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God | 第14-19页 |
| 1.2.1 Things Fall Apart | 第14-16页 |
| 1.2.2 Arrow of God | 第16-19页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第19-27页 |
| 1.3.1 Studies on Chinua Achebe | 第19-22页 |
| 1.3.2 Studies on Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God | 第22-27页 |
| 1.3.2.1 Things Fall Apart | 第22-25页 |
| 1.3.2.2 Arrow of God | 第25-27页 |
| 1.4 Methodology and Significance of the Thesis | 第27-28页 |
| 1.5 Layout of the Thesis | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Two Horneyan Psychoanalytic Criticism | 第31-39页 |
| 2.1 Karen Horney and Her Theory about Neurosis | 第31-32页 |
| 2.2 Core Concepts of Horney’s Theory about Neurosis | 第32-37页 |
| 2.2.1 Basic Anxiety | 第32-34页 |
| 2.2.2 Three Defensive Strategies | 第34-36页 |
| 2.2.3 Idealized Image and Externalization | 第36-37页 |
| 2.3 Horney’s Socio-cultural Viewpoints and Its Applicability to the Study | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Three A Horneyan Psychoanalysis of the Protagonists in Things FallApart and Arrow of God | 第39-65页 |
| 3.1 Analysis of Okonkwo’s Neurotic Personality in Things Fall Apart | 第39-48页 |
| 3.1.1 Formation of Okonkwo’s Basic Anxiety | 第39-41页 |
| 3.1.1.1 Traditional Norms of the Igbo Society | 第39-40页 |
| 3.1.1.2 Okonkwo's Inherent Fear of Being Like His Father Unoka | 第40-41页 |
| 3.1.1.3 Summary | 第41页 |
| 3.1.2 Okonkwo’s Defensive Strategy—Moving Against People | 第41-46页 |
| 3.1.2.1 Okonkwo's Neurotic Pursuit for Power, Wealth and Prestige | 第41-44页 |
| 3.1.2.2 Okonkwo's Morbid Inhibition of His True Emotion | 第44-46页 |
| 3.1.3 Okonkwo's Suicide as the Solution to His Inner Conflicts | 第46-48页 |
| 3.1.4 Summary | 第48页 |
| 3.2 Analysis of Ezeulu’s Neurotic Personality in Arrow of God | 第48-62页 |
| 3.2.1 Formation of Ezeulu’s Basic Anxiety | 第48-52页 |
| 3.2.1.1 Socio-cultural Environment in the Colonial Period of Nigeria | 第49-51页 |
| 3.2.1.2 Absence of Parental Love in Ezeulu's Childhood | 第51-52页 |
| 3.2.1.3 Summary | 第52页 |
| 3.2.2 Ezeulu’s Defensive Strategies | 第52-57页 |
| 3.2.2.1 To the European Colonists: Moving Towards People | 第52-55页 |
| 3.2.2.2 To the Tribesmen: Moving Against People | 第55-57页 |
| 3.2.3 Ezeulu’s Self-estrangement under the Effect of Externalization | 第57-61页 |
| 3.2.4 Summary | 第61-62页 |
| 3.3 Change of Achebe’s Writing Motive | 第62-65页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| References | 第69-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-75页 |
| Curriculum Vitae | 第75页 |
