| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·Brief introduction to Burnett and The Secret Garden | 第10-13页 |
| ·Literature review on The Secret Garden | 第13-15页 |
| ·Framework and purpose of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| 2. Ecocriticism as an Approach to Burnett's Eco-consciousness | 第17-25页 |
| ·Burnett's eco-consciousness | 第17-20页 |
| ·Burnett's affinity with nature | 第17-18页 |
| ·The garden as an expression of eco-consciousness | 第18-20页 |
| ·Eco-critical approach to Burnett's eco-consciousness | 第20-25页 |
| ·Brief introduction to ecocriticism | 第20-21页 |
| ·Tripartite division of ecology | 第21-25页 |
| 3. Ecological Disharmony | 第25-40页 |
| ·Disharmonious human-nature relationship | 第25-30页 |
| ·People's incapability of coping with natural catastrophe | 第26-27页 |
| ·People's aversion to nature | 第27-29页 |
| ·Anthropocentrism: human's dominance over nature | 第29-30页 |
| ·Disharmonious human relationships | 第30-36页 |
| ·Racial discrimination | 第31-32页 |
| ·People's indifference to others | 第32-34页 |
| ·Contradiction between social classes | 第34-35页 |
| ·Hierarchy: human's dominance over others | 第35-36页 |
| ·Spiritual Disharmony | 第36-40页 |
| ·People's loss of identity | 第36-37页 |
| ·People's self-exile | 第37-38页 |
| ·Egotism: human's loss of self | 第38-40页 |
| 4. Construction of Ecological Harmony | 第40-48页 |
| ·Human's return to nature | 第40-44页 |
| ·Reconstruction of human relationships | 第44-46页 |
| ·Rediscovery of the self | 第46-48页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
