| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| 1.A Brief Introduction to Thomas Pynchon and The Crying of Lot 49 | 第11-14页 |
| 2.Literature review of The Crying of Lot 49 | 第14-16页 |
| ·Thematic Studies | 第15页 |
| ·Feminist Studies | 第15-16页 |
| ·Religious and Mythical Studies | 第16页 |
| 3.Sartrean Existentialism and The Crying of Lot 49 | 第16-19页 |
| 4.Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter One Anguish of Existence | 第20-32页 |
| ·"Existence Precedes Essence":Absence of Essence and Generation of Anguish | 第20-23页 |
| ·Anguish of Existence in The Crying of Lot 49 | 第23-32页 |
| ·Anguish of Meaninglessness in The Crying of Lot 49 | 第24-27页 |
| ·Anguish of Alienation in The Crying of Lot 49 | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter Two Free Choosing,Escaping and Self-Reconstructing | 第32-51页 |
| ·Free Choice and Choosing to Escape from Inauthentic Existence | 第32-33页 |
| ·Reconstructing the True Self after Escaping from Inauthentic Existence | 第33-51页 |
| ·Reconstructing the True Self in Quest | 第34-41页 |
| ·Quest for the Sphere of W.A.S.T.E | 第35-38页 |
| ·Quest for the History of the Tristero | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Efforts of Oedipa in Self-Reconstruction | 第41-51页 |
| ·Oedipa's Function as Maxwell's Demon | 第42-45页 |
| ·Efforts of Oedipa to Communicate with Others | 第45-48页 |
| ·Efforts of Oedipa to Sort Information | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Three Failure in Self-Construction and Absurdity of Existence | 第51-69页 |
| ·Failure in Self-Reconstruction | 第52-59页 |
| ·Failure in Quest for W.A.S.T.E.and the Tristero | 第52-54页 |
| ·Failure in Communication with Others | 第54-57页 |
| ·Failure in Sorting Information | 第57-59页 |
| ·Failure in Self-Reconstruction and Return to Absurdity of Existence | 第59-69页 |
| ·Loss of Identity Resulting from Failure in Quest | 第60-63页 |
| ·Sense of Despair and Isolation Deriving from Failure in Communication | 第63-65页 |
| ·Lack of Meaning Caused by Failure in Sorting Information | 第65-68页 |
| ·Return to Disorder and Absurdity | 第68-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-70页 |
| Notes | 第70-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-78页 |
| 本文作者攻读硕士学位期间论文发表情况 | 第78页 |
