| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie | 第9-10页 |
| ·Critical Reception of Sister Carrie | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Structure of This Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Urban Cultural Studies: an Effective and New Way to Analyze Literary Study | 第14-20页 |
| ·Development of Urban Cultural Studies | 第14-16页 |
| ·Main Theorists and Their Viewpoints | 第16-18页 |
| ·Urban Cultural Studies and Literary Study | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Three Sister Carrie: the Bright Side of the City | 第20-28页 |
| ·City Nightscape | 第20-21页 |
| ·A Night Flower—the Bar | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Store—the Heaven of Shopping | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Theatre—the Place of Desire Representation | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Four Sister Carrie: the Dark Side of the City | 第28-45页 |
| ·The Crazy Growth of the City | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Seamy Characters of the Urbanite | 第31-37页 |
| ·Traps in City | 第37-41页 |
| ·Inequality in Residence | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Notes | 第47-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53页 |
