| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| Chapter 1 The Absurdity of the World | 第19-29页 |
| 1.1 Absurdity in The Chaotic Society | 第19-24页 |
| 1.1.1 The Political Chaos and Absurd Circumstances | 第20-22页 |
| 1.1.2 The Economic Chaos and Impoverished Life | 第22-24页 |
| 1.2 Alienated Interpersonal Relationships | 第24-27页 |
| 1.2.1 The Mother's Estrangement | 第25-26页 |
| 1.2.2 Fugui's Self-inflicted Isolation | 第26-27页 |
| 1.3 Death and Unbearable Burden of Life | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 2 Anxiety and Affliction of Ordinary People | 第29-38页 |
| 2.1 Anxiety Over Fate and Death in To Live | 第30-32页 |
| 2.1.1 Fugacity of Life and Death in the Wartime | 第30-31页 |
| 2.1.2 Fear and Reflection on Death | 第31-32页 |
| 2.2 Anxiety Over Immoral Behaviors in The Mother | 第32-34页 |
| 2.2.1 The Mother's Anxiety for Telling lies | 第32-33页 |
| 2.2.2 The Mother's Anxiety for Having an Affair | 第33-34页 |
| 2.3 The Man's Anxiety Over Meaningless Life in The Mother | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Free Choice and Different Life | 第38-49页 |
| 3.1 Free Choice and(Im)moral Living | 第39-44页 |
| 3.1.1 The Father's Escape of His Responsibility | 第39-41页 |
| 3.1.2 The Mother:Living Authentically | 第41-44页 |
| 3.2 Free Choice and Optimistic Living | 第44-49页 |
| 3.2.1 Fugui's Transformation and Insistence | 第44-46页 |
| 3.2.2 Jiazhen's Bearing and Her Taking of Responsibility | 第46-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-50页 |
| Works Cited | 第50-54页 |
| 学位论文数据集 | 第54页 |
