| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| Introduction | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Waiting for Godot,The Bus Stop and the Playwrights | 第8-16页 |
| ·Samuel Beckett and the Play Waiting for Godot | 第8-11页 |
| ·Gao Xingian and the Play The Bus Stop | 第11-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-21页 |
| ·Overseas Studies and Interpretation | 第16-18页 |
| ·Studies and Interpretation in China | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Waiting for Hope in Hopeless Situation | 第21-34页 |
| ·Hopeless Background and Situations of the Two Plays | 第21-25页 |
| ·Hopeless Social Background | 第21-24页 |
| ·Hopeless Situations Portayed in the Two Plays | 第24-25页 |
| ·Hopeful Future Gained from Waiting | 第25-34页 |
| ·Hope Expressed in Waiting for Godot | 第25-31页 |
| ·Hope Expressed in The Bus Stop | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter 4 Hope Delivered with Diversified Devices | 第34-49页 |
| ·Common Devices to Express Hope in the Two Plays | 第34-46页 |
| ·Symbolism | 第34-37页 |
| ·Abstraction of Art | 第37-39页 |
| ·Absurdism | 第39-42页 |
| ·Circular and Repetition | 第42-46页 |
| ·Different Methods to Express Hope in the Two Plays | 第46-49页 |
| ·Hope Hinted Indirectly in Waiting for Godot | 第46-47页 |
| ·Hope Described Directly in The Bus Stop | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Same Enlightenment to the Painful Human Being | 第49-56页 |
| ·Importance of Waiting and Hope | 第49-50页 |
| ·Importance of Companion and Encouragement | 第50-56页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-63页 |
| Publications | 第63页 |
