| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Cormac McCarthy and The Road | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature Review and the Arrangement of the Thesis | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Theories on Dream | 第15-22页 |
| ·Definition of Dream | 第15-17页 |
| ·Five Categories of Dream by Macrobius and the Theory of Freud | 第17-18页 |
| ·Dream Imagery in Literature | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter 3 The Connotations of the Father's Dreams | 第22-44页 |
| ·Nightmare | 第24-28页 |
| ·Nightmare out of Guilt | 第25-27页 |
| ·Nightmare out of Frustration | 第27-28页 |
| ·Oracular Dream | 第28-32页 |
| ·Oracular Dream because of Anxiety | 第28-30页 |
| ·Oracular Dream because of Incompetence | 第30-32页 |
| ·Enigmatic Dream for Being Lost | 第32-36页 |
| ·Prophetic Vision for Death | 第36-38页 |
| ·Daydream | 第38-44页 |
| ·Daydream for Nostalgia | 第39-42页 |
| ·Daydream for Self-accusation | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 4 The Connotations of the Son's Dreams | 第44-60页 |
| ·Nightmare | 第45-51页 |
| ·Nightmare out of Fear | 第45-47页 |
| ·Nightmare out of Helplessness | 第47-49页 |
| ·Nightmare out of Discomfort | 第49-51页 |
| ·Enigmatic Dream | 第51-57页 |
| ·Enigmatic Dream for Friends | 第52-55页 |
| ·Enigmatic Dream for Sympathy | 第55-57页 |
| ·Prophetic Vision for Security | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter 5 Comparison between the Father and the Son's Dreams | 第60-63页 |
| ·The Similarity between the Father and the Son's Dreams | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Difference between the Father and the Son's Dreams | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Works Cited | 第65-69页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第69页 |
