| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第13-16页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-25页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THEROTICAL FRAMEWORK | 第25-34页 |
| 3.1 Ethical Literary Criticism and Maugham’s Fascination with Ethics | 第25-31页 |
| 3.1.1 An Overview about Ethical Literary Criticism | 第25-27页 |
| 3.1.2 Maugham’s Fascination with Ethics | 第27-29页 |
| 3.1.3 Ethical Preoccupation in Of Human Bondage | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2 “Relational Selves”in Autobiography Theory and “Biographies”in Of Human Bondage | 第31-34页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ PRIVATION OF HAPPINESS IN EARLY LIFE OF PHILIP CAREY AND HIS CONSEQUENT EXPLORATION FOR HAPPINESS | 第34-43页 |
| 4.1 Parentless and Friendless Unhappy Early Life | 第34-38页 |
| 4.2 Philip Carey’s Exploration for Happiness | 第38-43页 |
| 4.2.1 Unconscious Efforts to Win Others’Sympathy | 第38-40页 |
| 4.2.2 Conscious Exploration for Happiness as an Empathic Onlooker | 第40-43页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ EXPLORATION FOR HAPPINESS IN EMPATHIC OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION | 第43-73页 |
| 5.1 Witness of Life Tragedies—Cases of Frustrated Self-Realization in Human Bondages | 第44-57页 |
| 5.1.1 Hayward’s Aesthetic Idleness—Lack of Diligence | 第45-50页 |
| 5.1.2 Fanny Price’s Blind Confidence in Being Genius —Lack of Talent | 第50-53页 |
| 5.1.3 Cronshaw’s Cynical Indulgence—Lack of Ability to Cope With Fortune | 第53-57页 |
| 5.2 Frustrated Self-Realization in Imitation and Successful Exploration for Happiness in Introspection | 第57-73页 |
| 5.2.1 Blind Imitation of Other People | 第58-65页 |
| 5.2.2 Successful Exploration for Happiness in Empathic Observation and Introspection | 第65-73页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅵ CONCLUSION | 第73-76页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第76-81页 |
