| ABSTRACT | 第3页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-7页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION | 第7-22页 |
| A. An Introduction to Sam Shepard and His Family Trilogy | 第7-11页 |
| B. Literature Review | 第11-17页 |
| C. Theoretical Framework | 第17-20页 |
| D. Thesis Statement | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ. MANIFESTATIONS OF TRANS-GENERATIONAL TRAUMA IN THE FAMILYTRILOGY | 第22-32页 |
| A. The Fetish for the Outside in Curse of the Starving Class | 第22-26页 |
| B. The Illness of Mourning in Buried Child | 第26-29页 |
| C. The Role Reversal in True West | 第29-32页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ. IMPACT OF TRANS-GENERATIONAL TRAUMA ON THE CHARACTERS | 第32-47页 |
| A. The Spiritual Transformation of Father and Son in Curse of the Starving Class | 第32-36页 |
| B. The Psychological Split of the Three Generations in Buried Child | 第36-42页 |
| C. The Psychopathic Shift in Personality of the Two Brothers in True West | 第42-47页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ. THE CHARACTERS’ COUNTERMEASURES TO TRANS-GENERATIONALTRAUMA | 第47-57页 |
| A. Braving the Family Curse in Curse of the Starving Class | 第47-50页 |
| B. Re-experiencing the Traumatic Past in Buried Child | 第50-53页 |
| C. Re-writing the West in True West | 第53-57页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ. CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第59-62页 |
