| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ The Small Town in the Tide of Industrialization | 第13-21页 |
| ·Historical Background throughout the Text | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Symbolic Meaning of Train and Car | 第16-18页 |
| ·Allusion to the Undeveloped Proletariat | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Small-town Life under Money-worship Materialism | 第21-32页 |
| ·Individual Tragedy in a Clash between the Old and New | 第22-27页 |
| ·Anderson's Strong Feelings towards Human Hands | 第22-24页 |
| ·Analysis of Alienation and Loneliness Running through the Text | 第24-27页 |
| ·What the Shattered Families Hints | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Pendulum of Small Town and Metropolis | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Small-town Life Influenced by Religious Culture | 第32-40页 |
| ·Puritanical Background during the Transitional Period | 第32-34页 |
| ·Two Exemplars of Religious Mania | 第34-38页 |
| ·A Tragedy Concerning Jesse Bentley | 第35-36页 |
| ·Ironic Meaning in The Strength of God | 第36-38页 |
| ·Homophobia in the Atmosphere of Religion | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Anderson's Exploration of Gender and Sexuality | 第40-47页 |
| ·Anderson's Sexual Orientation | 第40-43页 |
| ·What Sexual Repression Mirrors | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ The Man of Business and the Man of Letters | 第47-51页 |
| ·The Analogy between Anderson and Willard | 第47-49页 |
| ·Anderson's Predicament | 第49-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-55页 |
| Published Papers | 第55-56页 |
