| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| ·The Author: Philip Roth | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Work: The Human Stain | 第13-14页 |
| ·This Thesis: The Basis and Significance | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter 2 The Ostensive Theme in The Human Stain—The Plague of Political Correctness in America | 第18-42页 |
| ·Political Correctness in Academy: An Obstacle in Education | 第19-26页 |
| ·The Return to Teach: From a Reformer to an Anti-Feminist | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Spooks Incident: From a Reformer to a Racist | 第21-26页 |
| ·Political Correctness in the Matter of Sex: Hypocritical People | 第26-42页 |
| ·Two Coincidences: Coleman vs. Clinton and Hawthorne's vs. Roth's Concern | 第27-31页 |
| ·Faunia Farley: A Natural Child | 第31-36页 |
| ·Delphine Roux: The Representative of Political Correctness | 第36-42页 |
| Chapter 3 The Covert Theme in The Human Stain—The Illusive American Dream | 第42-64页 |
| ·Self-Invention: An Attempt for the Promised Rights | 第43-59页 |
| ·The American Dream: The Context | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Function of Secretes | 第44-45页 |
| ·Coleman's Consciousness of Ethnic Identity: The Premise of Self-Invention | 第45-49页 |
| ·Racial Passing: Struggle against Prejudice and Realization of the American Dream | 第49-59页 |
| ·Betrayals: A Historical Lock | 第59-64页 |
| ·The Betrayal of Self | 第59-63页 |
| ·The Betrayal of Others | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter 4 The Tragic Sublimation of the Covert Theme—Passing as Tragedy | 第64-90页 |
| ·Knowledge Preparation | 第65-69页 |
| ·The Theoretical Basis of Becoming a Tragedy | 第65-67页 |
| ·The Outline of Iliad | 第67-68页 |
| ·The Outline of Oedipus the King | 第68-69页 |
| ·The Internal Cause of the Tragedy—Achilles-Like Rage | 第69-75页 |
| ·The External Cause of the Tragedy—The Inescapable Fate | 第75-90页 |
| ·Passing | 第75-77页 |
| ·The Inescapable Fate—Passing as Tragedy: Coleman vs. Oedipus | 第77-84页 |
| ·Tragic Delphine Roux's Passing and The Dionysian Factors in The Human Stain | 第84-90页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第90-94页 |
| Works Cited | 第94-97页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第97页 |
