| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-22页 |
| 1. An Introduction to American Pastoral | 第12-14页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| 3. Ethical Literature Criticism | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter One The Ethical Predicament of Ethical Identity | 第22-35页 |
| 1.1 Swede’s Crisis of Ethical Identity | 第23-28页 |
| 1.1.1 The Identity Crisis of American-Jews“Swede” | 第24-26页 |
| 1.1.2 The Identity Crisis of Dangling Man | 第26-28页 |
| 1.2 Merry’s Crisis of Ethical Identity | 第28-31页 |
| 1.2.1 The Identity Crisis of Jewish-American | 第28-29页 |
| 1.2.2 The Identity of a Stammer and a Bomber | 第29-31页 |
| 1.3 Dawn’s Crisis of Ethical Identity | 第31-35页 |
| 1.3.1 The Identity of Former Miss New Jersey | 第31-32页 |
| 1.3.2 The Identity of Jew’s Wife and a Bomber’s Mother | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Two The Ethical Predicament of Family | 第35-45页 |
| 2.1 The Paternal Crisis | 第35-41页 |
| 2.1.1 The Crisis of Electra Complex | 第36-38页 |
| 2.1.2 The Crisis of Father-son | 第38-41页 |
| 2.2 The Marital Crisis | 第41-45页 |
| 2.2.1 Swede’s Betrayal to his wife Dawn | 第42-43页 |
| 2.2.2 Dawn’s Betrayal to her husband Swede | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Three The Ethical Predicament of Religious Beliefs and the Ethical Situation | 第45-60页 |
| 3.1 Levov’s Ethical Crisis of Religious Beliefs | 第45-49页 |
| 3.1.1 Lou Levov’s Defense of The Jewish Traditional Belief | 第46-47页 |
| 3.1.2 Swede’s Protest Against the Jewish Traditional Belief | 第47-49页 |
| 3.2 Merry’s Ethical Crisis of Religious Belief | 第49-53页 |
| 3.2.1 Merry’s Conflicts Between the Catholicism and Judaism | 第49-51页 |
| 3.2.2 Merry’s Pursuit of Communist and Jain | 第51-53页 |
| 3.3 The Ethical Situation | 第53-60页 |
| 3.3.1 The Influence of the Vietnam War | 第53-56页 |
| 3.3.2 The Influence of the Counterculture Movement | 第56-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| Works Cited | 第63-64页 |
