| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-20页 |
| 1.1 A general introduction to Sinclair Lewis and his Babbitt | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第10-14页 |
| 1.2.1 Foreign studies | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2.2 Domestic studies | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 A brief introduction to the related theory | 第14-18页 |
| 1.3.1 A general survey of social identity theory | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3.2 Individual identity and social identification | 第17-18页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Babbitt's Temporary Identification with the Middle-class Identity | 第20-29页 |
| 2.1 Stereotyping of Babbitt as one of the middle-class businessmen | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Babbitt's in-group favoritism | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3 Babbitt's out-group discrimination | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter Three Babbitt's Identity Crisis and Failed Search for New Identity | 第29-39页 |
| 3.1 Babbitt's out-group favoritism for the upper class | 第30-33页 |
| 3.2 Babbitt's escape from his group | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Babbitt's failed search for individual identity | 第34-36页 |
| 3.4 Babbitt's return to his group | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four Social Influences for Babbitt's Failure | 第39-46页 |
| 4.1 The middle-class pursuit for material | 第39-44页 |
| 4.1.1 The situation of the middle class in the 1920s | 第39-41页 |
| 4.1.2 Consumption:a symbol of social status and identity | 第41-44页 |
| 4.2 Babbitt's conformity | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Biography | 第48-51页 |
| Publications | 第51页 |
