| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Quest Archetype in V. and Lot 49 | 第12-16页 |
| ·The quest archetype | 第12-13页 |
| ·Quest in V. | 第13-14页 |
| ·Quest in Lot 49 | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Pynchon’s Alteration of the Quest Archetype in V. and Lot 49 | 第16-20页 |
| ·The attributes of the traditional quest | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Attributes of the quest variant in V. and Lot 49 | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Existentialist Significance Contained in the Quest Variant | 第20-38页 |
| ·Existentialism | 第20-21页 |
| ·Existentialist significance in V. and Lot 49 | 第21-38页 |
| ·E xistentialist significance of quest variant in a metaphorical sense | 第22-32页 |
| ·Subjectivity of values and absence of meaning | 第23-26页 |
| ·The absurdity of existence | 第26-32页 |
| ·Existentialist existence of clue-related characters | 第32-38页 |
| ·Carnival of wine and sex | 第33-35页 |
| ·Art as all | 第35-38页 |
| Conclusion | 第38-40页 |
| Bibliography | 第40-42页 |
| 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文目录 | 第42-44页 |
