| 摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| 1.1 Anne Tyler and Her Works | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Plot of Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant | 第9页 |
| 1.3 Significance and Layout of the Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-16页 |
| 2.1 Theory of Ethical Literary Criticism | 第11-13页 |
| 2.2 Study on Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Three Indifferent Parent-child Relationship | 第16-26页 |
| 3.1 Cody’s Being Ignored by His Parents | 第16-22页 |
| 3.1.1 Absence of Paternal Role | 第17-19页 |
| 3.1.2 Deficiency of Maternal Love | 第19-22页 |
| 3.2 Luke's Being Marginalized by His Parents | 第22-26页 |
| 3.2.1 Inexistence in face of His Mother | 第22-23页 |
| 3.2.2 Voicelessness in front of His Father | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Four Hostile Sibling Relationship | 第26-34页 |
| 4.1 Cody’s Confrontation with Ezra | 第26-30页 |
| 4.1.1 Competing for Parental Care | 第27-28页 |
| 4.1.2 Scrambling for Heterosexual Affection | 第28-30页 |
| 4.2 Cody’s Contempt for Ezra | 第30-34页 |
| 4.2.1 Disdain for His Career | 第30-32页 |
| 4.2.2 Prejudice Against His Friends | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Five Inharmonious Marital Relationship | 第34-46页 |
| 5.1 Disparity Between Beck and Pearl | 第34-40页 |
| 5.1.1 The Incompatibility of Personality | 第35-37页 |
| 5.1.2 The Imbalance of Responsibility | 第37-40页 |
| 5.2 Failure of Jenny's Three Marriages | 第40-46页 |
| 5.2.1 Materialization of Marriage | 第40-42页 |
| 5.2.2 Inadaptation to Marriage | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| 6.1 Findings | 第46-47页 |
| 6.2 Limitations | 第47页 |
| 6.3 Further Studies | 第47-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第51-52页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间科研成果 | 第52页 |
