| ABSTRACT(ENGLISH) | 第1-8页 |
| ABSTRACT(CHINESE) | 第8-14页 |
| CHAPTERⅠINTRODCTION | 第14-34页 |
| A.An Introduction to Theodore Dreiser, His Life and Works | 第14-26页 |
| 1. Dreiser and His Life and His Works | 第14-16页 |
| 2.Jennie Gerhardt | 第16-19页 |
| 3.Sister Carrie | 第19-21页 |
| 4.Previous Studies on Jennie Gerhardt and Sister Carrie | 第21-26页 |
| B. An Introduction to Darwinism | 第26-32页 |
| 1.The Origin of Darwinism | 第26-27页 |
| 2.Principles of Darwinism | 第27-30页 |
| 3.Darwinism in Literary Criticism | 第30-32页 |
| C. Thesis Statements | 第32-34页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ AN EXPLORATION OF JENNIE GERHARDT AND SISTER CARRIE FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF DARWINISM | 第34-60页 |
| A. Jennie Gerhardt and Her Way of Survival | 第34-47页 |
| 1. The Survival in Established Environment | 第34-36页 |
| 2. The Self-dependent Survival of Jennie | 第36-40页 |
| 3. The Choice of Denouement | 第40-47页 |
| B . Sister Carrie and Her Way of Survival | 第47-59页 |
| 1. The Survival Between the Transitional Environment | 第47-53页 |
| 2. The Self-dependent Survival of Carrie | 第53-56页 |
| 3. The Choice of Denouement | 第56-59页 |
| C. A Summary | 第59-60页 |
| CHAPTER III A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE WAYS JENNIE AND CARRIE SURVIVE FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF DARWINISM | 第60-75页 |
| A.The Comparison between the Two Characters | 第60-69页 |
| 1. The Conformation of Different Characters to the Natural Law | 第60-66页 |
| 2. The Uniqueness as Social Subject | 第66-69页 |
| B. The Track and the Experience of Human Survival of the Naturalism | 第69-73页 |
| 1.Literary Phenomena of the Naturalism | 第69-72页 |
| 2.Reflection of Human Survival | 第72-73页 |
| C. Summary | 第73-75页 |
| CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION | 第75-79页 |
| A.The Main Findings of the Study | 第76-77页 |
| B.The Implications of the Study | 第77-78页 |
| C.Limitations and Suggestions | 第78-79页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第79-82页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第82页 |
