| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Joyce Carol Oates and Her Works | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Relevant Research on The Gravedigger 's Daughter | 第13-17页 |
| 1.3 Significance and Layout of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Trauma Theory | 第19-27页 |
| 2.1 Development of Trauma Theory | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2 Trauma and Symptoms of Trauma | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Characters' Traumatic Symptoms | 第27-38页 |
| 3.1 Rebecca: Traumatized and Haunted Daughter | 第27-32页 |
| 3.1.1 Hyperarousal | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.2 Intrusion | 第28-30页 |
| 3.1.3 Avoidance | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2 Jacob: Traumatized and Violent Father | 第32-35页 |
| 3.2.1 The Damaged Self | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.2 The Damaged Capacity for Intimacy | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3 Anna: Traumatized and Depressed Mother | 第35-38页 |
| 3.3.1 Emotional Numbing | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3.2 Communication Barrier | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Causes of the Characters' Trauma | 第38-51页 |
| 4.1 Familial Factor: Wasteland of Love | 第38-42页 |
| 4.1.1 Childhood Trauma | 第38-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Patriarchal Tyranny in Marriage | 第40-42页 |
| 4.2 Cultural Factor: The Confusion of Cultural Identity | 第42-47页 |
| 4.2.1 Language and Identity | 第43-45页 |
| 4.2.2 Religion and Identity | 第45-47页 |
| 4.3 Racial Factor: Haunted Shadow of Anti-Semitism | 第47-51页 |
| 4.3.1 The Shadow of Racial Persecution | 第47-49页 |
| 4.3.2 Omnipresent Racial Discrimination | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Characters' Tentative Recovery from Trauma | 第51-62页 |
| 5.1 Rebecca's Recovery from Trauma | 第51-58页 |
| 5.1.1 Restoring Relationship with People | 第51-54页 |
| 5.1.2 Acknowledging the Denied Identity | 第54-56页 |
| 5.1.3 Narrating the Repressed Memory | 第56-58页 |
| 5.2 Jacob's and Anna's Attempts to Recover from Trauma | 第58-62页 |
| 5.2.1 Jacob: Committing Suicide as a Way of Self-Protection | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2.2 Anna: Failing to Recover from Trauma | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
| 攻读硕士期间科研成果 | 第68页 |
