| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-30页 |
| Chapter One Elegy and Elegiac Writing | 第30-52页 |
| 1.1 Elegy as a Genre:A Historical Review | 第30-41页 |
| 1.2 Elegiac Writing Features | 第41-46页 |
| 1.3 Canadian Elegiac Writing Innovation | 第46-52页 |
| Chapter Two Munro's World of Gothic Loss | 第52-75页 |
| 2.1 Gloomy Place:Gothic "Munro Country" | 第55-59页 |
| 2.2 Depressed Figures:Outsiders in Alienation | 第59-66页 |
| 2.3 Funereal Theme:Photographic Portrayal of Death | 第66-75页 |
| Chapter Three Munro's Quest for Consolation:Healing through Detachment | 第75-101页 |
| 3.1 Escape for Power | 第76-83页 |
| 3.2 Spiritual Survival with Relief | 第83-92页 |
| 3.3 Roaming in a Fantasy World for Compensation | 第92-101页 |
| Chapter Four Munrovian Melancholy:Attachment Beyond Solace | 第101-130页 |
| 4.1 No Love Lost:Hapless Women VS.Dark Lovers | 第102-111页 |
| 4.2 Female Shame:Rejected Mothers VS.Lost Daughters | 第111-121页 |
| 4.3 Instinct of Negativity:Familiar Self VS.Uncanny Inner Other | 第121-130页 |
| Conclusion | 第130-134页 |
| Primary Sources | 第134-136页 |
| Bibliography | 第136-147页 |
| About the Author and Research Activities during PhD Studies | 第147-149页 |
