| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8页 |
| Introduction | 第11-23页 |
| 0.1 Literature Review | 第12-17页 |
| 0.2 Research Methods | 第17-20页 |
| 0.3 Framework of the Thesis | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter One Shangri-La: Hilton’s Creation of a Utopia in Lost Horizon | 第23-34页 |
| 1.1 A Community Isolated from External Contamination | 第24-30页 |
| 1.1.1 No Intrusion of Materialism | 第24-28页 |
| 1.1.2 No Threat of a World War | 第28-30页 |
| 1.2 A Society Believing in Moderation | 第30-34页 |
| 1.2.1 Government with Moderate Strictness | 第30-32页 |
| 1.2.2 Religion with Tolerance | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Two Escapism: Projection of Hilton’s Nostalgia for the Passing Age | 第34-44页 |
| 2.1 Projection of His Nostalgia for the Passing Age | 第35-39页 |
| 2.1.1 Depathologized Nostalgia for the Past Idyll | 第35-37页 |
| 2.1.2 Pathological Nostalgia for the Old World | 第37-39页 |
| 2.2 Escapism: Demonstration of an Attempt to Escape from the Reality | 第39-44页 |
| 2.2.1 An Escapist: Autobiographic Character Conway | 第39-41页 |
| 2.2.2 An Illusion: Escaping from the Reality Forever | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Three Activism: Projection of Hilton’s Aspiration for an Ideal Society | 第44-53页 |
| 3.1 Projection of His Aspiration for an Ideal Society | 第44-49页 |
| 3.1.1 Aspiration for an Ideal Society Abandoning Certainty | 第44-47页 |
| 3.1.2 Aspiration for an Ideal Society Inculcating Moderation | 第47-49页 |
| 3.2 Activism: Manifestation of a Force to Reform the Reality | 第49-53页 |
| 3.2.1 Putting Forward a Practical Way to Reform the Society | 第49-52页 |
| 3.2.2 Believing in Human Betterment | 第52-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-62页 |
