| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Frye’s Archetypal Theory and O Pioneers! | 第11-21页 |
| ·A General View of Archetype, Myth and Romance | 第11-13页 |
| ·O Pioneers!as a Romance According to Frye’s Theory | 第13-17页 |
| ·Quest-Myths and Quest-Romance | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter Two The Biblical Archetypes Represented in Alexandra | 第21-32页 |
| ·The Archetype of Creation | 第21-26页 |
| ·The Archetype of Sacrifice | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Archetype of Death and Rebirth | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Archetype of Forgiveness | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three The Archetype of the Garden of Eden in the Novel | 第32-47页 |
| ·The Myth of Edenic Possibilities | 第32-35页 |
| ·The Loss of Edenic Innocence in the Illicit Lovers’Death | 第35-40页 |
| ·The Loss of Edenic Innocence in the Marriage of Marie and Frank | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Mythic Yearnings for a Return to the Garden | 第43-47页 |
| Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54页 |
