| 英文摘要 | 第5页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Two The Stage on Which the Tragedy is Presented Wessex and the Historical Circumstances | 第12-17页 |
| Chapter Three Tragic Components | 第17-53页 |
| 1. The tragic focus on the heroine | 第17-18页 |
| 2. The tragic flaws in the heroine | 第18-28页 |
| 3. Two destructive figures: Angel Clare and Alec d'Urbervilles | 第28-32页 |
| 4. The relation between Tess and Nature | 第32-37页 |
| 5. The fatal color---red | 第37-40页 |
| 6. The movement of the heroine | 第40-42页 |
| 7. The opposing universe | 第42-44页 |
| 8. The influence of the heroine's past on her present | 第44-45页 |
| 9. The narrative system and folk magic | 第45-48页 |
| 10. The achievement of tragedy through structure | 第48-53页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第53-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58页 |