| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to John Updike and In the Beauty of the Lilies | 第10-15页 |
| ·Literature review | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter One Kierkegaard's Main Thoughts | 第19-24页 |
| ·Existentialism | 第19-20页 |
| ·Kierkegaard's main thoughts | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Two Ethically Oriented Lives of Clarence and Teddy | 第24-33页 |
| ·Clarence's miserable life with the loss of faith | 第24-29页 |
| ·Causes of Clarence's loss of faith | 第25-27页 |
| ·Clarence's responsibility and the reality | 第27-29页 |
| ·Teddy's contented life without believing in God | 第29-33页 |
| ·Teddy's ethical choices in his life | 第29-31页 |
| ·Teddy's domestic God | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Aesthetically Oriented Lives of Esther and Clark | 第33-43页 |
| ·Esther's aesthetic life under her own "God" | 第33-38页 |
| ·Esther's aesthetic life | 第33-37页 |
| ·Esther's religious faith as a practical instrument | 第37-38页 |
| ·Clark's aesthetic actions and his searching for faith | 第38-43页 |
| ·Clark's escaping from work | 第38-40页 |
| ·Clark's searching for faith | 第40-43页 |
| Conclusion | 第43-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-47页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第47-48页 |
| 个人简历 | 第48页 |
