| Acknowledgments | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·A General Description of the Study | 第8页 |
| ·Needs of the Study | 第8页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第8-9页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第9-16页 |
| ·Brief Review on the Researches of American West Movement | 第9-11页 |
| ·Brief Review on the Researches of American Western Novels | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Points of View from New Historicism | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Three Western Novels at Three Different Stages of West Movement | 第16-24页 |
| ·The Reason and Significance for Choosing the Three Novels | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Legendary Frontier: The Last of the Mohicans | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Real Frontier: The Luck of Roaring Camp | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Last Frontier: The Virginian | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter 3 The Three Novels: Reading from a New Perspective--- New Historicism | 第24-51页 |
| ·Literary Texts: in the Perspective of Historical Texts | 第25-34页 |
| ·Three Western Novels: Differences in Settings | 第25-29页 |
| ·Three Western Novels: Differences in Images at Different Stages | 第29-34页 |
| ·Historical Texts: in the Perspective of Literary Texts | 第34-51页 |
| ·The Similarities of the Three Different Images --- Ideology of Capitalism | 第34-45页 |
| ·Submissiveness under Capitalism | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Disappearance under Capitalism | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter 4 The Three Novels: Influence on the Nation Fashioning | 第51-57页 |
| ·Self-reliance | 第52-54页 |
| ·Good Human Nature | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Development of Civilization | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第62页 |
