| Abstract (in English) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One A Brief Survey of Leacock And His Times | 第12-18页 |
| 1．1 A Synopsis of Leacock and His Writings | 第12-16页 |
| 1．1．1． The Multi-faceted Life and Career of Leacock | 第12-13页 |
| 1．1．2． Leacock's Versatile Literary Creation | 第13-15页 |
| 1．1．3． Leacock's Political Stance | 第15-16页 |
| 1．2 The Age of Progress Breeding the Literary Humor and Welcoming Criticism | 第16-18页 |
| 1．2．1． A Society in Transition | 第16-17页 |
| 1．2．2． The Clash of Ideologies Nourishing the Humorous Literature | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two An Analysis of the Humor in Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town And Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich | 第18-41页 |
| 2．1 Leacock's Theory of Humor | 第18-19页 |
| 2．2 The Comical World of Pastoral and Idyllic Mariposa | 第19-31页 |
| 2．2．1． The Chatty Intimate Narrative of Humor | 第19-20页 |
| 2．2．2． The Tragic Comical Business World | 第20-23页 |
| 2．2．3． The Social Life of the Microcosmic Community | 第23-25页 |
| 2．2．4． The Community-oriented Scoundrelism in Religious Affairs | 第25-28页 |
| 2．2．5． The Chivalrous Romance | 第28-30页 |
| 2．2．6． The Political Farce of Mariposa | 第30-31页 |
| 2．3 The Turning "L'Envoi" Suggestive of One Theme of The Two Sister Works | 第31-32页 |
| 2．4 The Plush World of Plutoria in the City | 第32-41页 |
| 2．4．1． The Ludicrous and Ridiculous Business World | 第33-36页 |
| 2．4．2． The Vulgar Plutorian Social Life | 第36-37页 |
| 2．4．3． The Gold-digging Romance | 第37-38页 |
| 2．4．4． The Economic Plutorian Religiosity | 第38-39页 |
| 2．4．5． Baseball Bats and Pickaxes Promising Democratic Politics | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Three The Social Significances of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town And Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich | 第41-48页 |
| 3．1 The Humorous and Satirical Intent Underscoring the Hope of Social and Spiritual Regeneration | 第41-42页 |
| 3．2 The Humorous Art Interweaving Social Criticism with Humanity | 第42-43页 |
| 3．3 The Earnest Social Concern for the Under-privileged Class | 第43-44页 |
| 3．4 The Social Criticism of Ethos of Leacock's Times | 第44-48页 |
| Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Notes | 第50-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-56页 |
| Publications | 第56页 |
