| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract (in English) | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| 0.1 Willa Cather and My ántonia | 第11-14页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| Chapter One: The Origin and Development of Reader-Response Criticism | 第19-25页 |
| 1.1 Reader-Response Criticism | 第19-21页 |
| 1.2 Major Concepts of Reader-Response Criticism | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Two: Reader’s Active Role in My ántonia | 第25-29页 |
| 2.1 Various Definitions of the Reader | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2 Reader’s Conflicting Interpretations of My ántonia | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three: The Indeterminacy of the Images of ántonia Shimerda | 第29-43页 |
| 3.1 Complex Images of ántonia from Characters’ Perspectives | 第29-37页 |
| 3.2 ántonia’s Contradictory Self-Cognition | 第37-39页 |
| 3.3 Cather’s Contradictory Views of ántonia | 第39-43页 |
| Chapter Four: The Interaction Between My ántonia and the Reader | 第43-57页 |
| 4.1 Reader’s Horizon of Expectation in My ántonia | 第43-46页 |
| 4.2 Appeal Structure in My ántonia | 第46-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62-63页 |
| About the Author | 第63页 |
