| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Abbreviations | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| 1.1 FlanneryO·Connor and Her Works | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| 1.3 FlanneryO·Connor·s Existentialist View | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Maimed Arms and Crippled Legs: A World of the Bodily Deformed | 第17-27页 |
| 2.1 The One-armed: The Devil in a Saint·s Form | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2 The Lame: The Devil ina Vandal·s Form | 第20-23页 |
| 2.3 The One- legged: The Devil ina Nihilist·s Form | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Three Dim Eyes: A Hell of the Visually Impaired | 第27-36页 |
| 3.1 Medusa·s Eyesμ: Treatment ofOthers as Objects | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2 Photophobic Eyesμ: Hypersensitivity to Others·Judgment | 第30-33页 |
| 3.3 Hyperopic Eyesμ:Absence ofSelf-knowledge | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Four Tre mbling Hearts and Fearful Minds: A Spiritual Wasteland | 第36-46页 |
| 4.1 The Light-Hearted: Inauthentic Despairers | 第36-39页 |
| 4.2 The Single-Minded: Despairing Artists | 第39-42页 |
| 4.3 The Small- Minded: Despairing Christians | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-52页 |
