| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Saul Bellow and His Works | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 The Theme of Quest | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 The Overall Structure | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-25页 |
| 2.1 Research on Quest Literature and Bellovian Fiction Abroad | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2 Research on Quest Literature and Bellovian Fiction in China | 第23-25页 |
| CHAPTER THREE DIFFERENCES IN QUEST PURPOSES | 第25-40页 |
| 3.1 Questing in Traditional Quest Literature | 第25-31页 |
| 3.1.1 From the 5th Century AD to Medieval Age | 第25-29页 |
| 3.1.2 From the Renaissance to the 20th Century | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2 Questing in Bellovian Fiction | 第31-40页 |
| 3.2.1 Escape in Herzog | 第32-35页 |
| 3.2.2 Self in Seize Day | 第35-40页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR DIFFERENCES IN QUESTERS | 第40-50页 |
| 4.1 Traditional Questers | 第40-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Heroic Character | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Return as Winners | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 Bellovian Questers | 第44-50页 |
| 4.2.1 Anti-heroic Character | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2.2 Return as Losers | 第47-50页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DIFFERENCES IN NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES | 第50-59页 |
| 5.1 Stream of Consciousness | 第51-52页 |
| 5.2 Time Control | 第52-55页 |
| 5.3 Open-Ending | 第55-59页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第59-62页 |
| REFERENCES | 第62-67页 |
