| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| English Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Table of Contents (English) | 第9-11页 |
| Table of Contents (Chinese) | 第11-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第15-24页 |
| ·Researches on The Grapes of Wrath abroad and in China | 第15-19页 |
| ·Research on The Grapes of Wrath abroad | 第15-18页 |
| ·Research on The Grapes of Wrath in China | 第18-19页 |
| ·A brief introduction of archetypal criticism | 第19-21页 |
| ·The operability of analysis on the basis of archetypal criticism | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter 2 The archetype of "scapegoat" | 第24-35页 |
| ·Oedipus as a scapegoat | 第25-27页 |
| ·Jesus Christ as a scapegoat | 第27-29页 |
| ·Jim Casy as a scapgoat | 第29-35页 |
| ·The similarity between Jim Casy and Jesus Christ | 第31-33页 |
| ·Jim Casy's fulfillment of the "scapegoat" | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 3 The archetype of "death-rebirth" | 第35-41页 |
| ·"Divine king" and "king of fish" | 第36页 |
| ·Jesus Christ as another representative of "death-rebirth" | 第36-37页 |
| ·"Death-rebirth" relationship between Jim Casy and Ton Joad | 第37-41页 |
| Chapter 4 The archetype of "quest" | 第41-56页 |
| ·Odysseus' "quest" | 第42-44页 |
| ·Moses' "quest" | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Joads' "quest" | 第46-47页 |
| ·Jim Casy's "quest" | 第47-48页 |
| ·Ma's "quest" | 第48-50页 |
| ·Tom's "quest" | 第50-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Work Cited | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-65页 |
