| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-21页 |
| 1.1 Literature Review | 第13-17页 |
| 1.2 Definition and Analytical Framework | 第17-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO HUMOR IN THE GROTESQUE MAKEUP OF SETTING | 第21-41页 |
| 2.1 Grotesque Description of Natural Environment | 第21-24页 |
| 2.2 Grotesque Narration in Twilight | 第24-26页 |
| 2.3 Grotesquery on the Road | 第26-33页 |
| 2.3.1 A Wasteland of Industrialization and Commercialization | 第26-28页 |
| 2.3.2 Glimpses of the Grotesque Capitalist and Racist Society | 第28-32页 |
| 2.3.3 Grotesque Description of the Street of New York City | 第32-33页 |
| 2.4 The Grotesque Description of the House or Apartment | 第33-36页 |
| 2.5 Grotesquery in Gatsby's Party | 第36-41页 |
| CHAPTER THREE HUMOR IN CHARACTERIZATION | 第41-69页 |
| 3.1 The Trickster Traits in Tom Buchanan | 第41-56页 |
| 3.1.1 Tom Buchanan as A Clown | 第42-47页 |
| 3.1.2 Tom Buchanan as A Disruptor | 第47-49页 |
| 3.1.3 Tom Buchanan as A Trick-player | 第49-52页 |
| 3.1.4 Tom Buchan as A“Shape-shifter” | 第52-56页 |
| 3.2 Myrtle Wilson:A Naive,Pathetic Clown | 第56-64页 |
| 3.2.1 Myrtle's Materialistic Carnival | 第57-58页 |
| 3.2.2 Myrtle's Overreaching Expectation | 第58-61页 |
| 3.2.3 The Crowning and De-crowning of Myrtle Wilson | 第61-64页 |
| 3.3 The Humorous Elements in the Characterization of Other Figures | 第64-69页 |
| 3.3.1 Stinging Satire on Southern Belles | 第65-66页 |
| 3.3.2 Meyer Wolfshiem:A Wolf in the Jungle | 第66-69页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第69-75页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第75-80页 |
| 在学期间发表论文清单 | 第80页 |
