| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Author and the Novel | 第9-10页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第10-13页 |
| ·Critical Reception on Sister Carrie Abroad | 第10-11页 |
| ·Critical Reception on Sister Carrie at Home | 第11-13页 |
| ·Originality of the Thesis | 第13页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two An Introduction to Bourdieu's Theory of Field andHabitus | 第14-21页 |
| ·A General Survey of Bourdieu's Social Theory | 第14-15页 |
| ·Theory of Field | 第15-16页 |
| ·Theory of Habitus | 第16-21页 |
| Chapter Three Sister Carrie in Contemporary American Social and IdeologicalField | 第21-32页 |
| ·Social Background of the United States at the End of 19~(th) Century | 第21-22页 |
| ·Social Darwinism for Practical Individuals | 第22-26页 |
| ·Origin of Social Darwinism | 第22-23页 |
| ·Beliefs of American Social Darwinism | 第23-24页 |
| ·Interests and Identities Supported by Social Darwinism | 第24-26页 |
| ·Interests Supported by Social Darwinism | 第24-25页 |
| ·Identities Supported by Social Darwinism | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Genteel Tradition for the Elites | 第26-28页 |
| ·Origin of the Genteel Tradition | 第26-27页 |
| ·Beliefs of the Genteel Tradition | 第27页 |
| ·Interests and Identities Supported by the Genteel Tradition | 第27-28页 |
| ·Sense of Loneliness and Helplessness for the Disadvantaged | 第28-32页 |
| ·A Cold Universe | 第28-29页 |
| ·Futility of Human Efforts | 第29页 |
| ·Chanciness | 第29-30页 |
| ·Sense of Emptiness | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Dreiser's Habitus and the Making of Sister Carrie | 第32-44页 |
| ·Consumerism, Desire for Material Comfort, and Absence of Morality | 第32-39页 |
| ·Contemporary Consumerist Culture in the United States | 第32-33页 |
| ·Dreiser's Strong Desire for Material Comfort | 第33-35页 |
| ·Some Hints Reflected in the Novel | 第35-37页 |
| ·Absence of Morality | 第37-39页 |
| ·Compliant Personality and Determinism | 第39-44页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Compliant Personality | 第39-40页 |
| ·Dreiser's Compliant Personality Traits | 第40-41页 |
| ·Determinism Reflected in the Work Structure | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第44-45页 |
| Works Cited | 第45-47页 |
| Publications | 第47页 |
