| Abstract in English | 第1-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Poetry and drama | 第17-23页 |
| ·Poetry and Drama | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Typical Features of Poetry | 第19-23页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Eugene O’Neill and Poetry | 第23-31页 |
| ·Eugene O’Neill’s First Literary Ambition | 第23-26页 |
| ·Eugene O’Neill’s Poetic Creative Matrix | 第26-29页 |
| ·Eugene O’Neill’s Poetic Viewpoint of Theatre | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Illusory Theme | 第31-40页 |
| ·The Iceman Cometh | 第33-35页 |
| ·Hughie | 第35-40页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Repetition | 第40-51页 |
| ·Repetitive Pattern of Emotion | 第40-48页 |
| ·Verbal Repetition and Repetitive Behavioral Pattern | 第48-51页 |
| ·Verbal Repetition | 第48-49页 |
| ·Repetitive Behavioral Pattern | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ The Use of Symbols | 第51-61页 |
| ·The Sea as an Ideal World for Man’s Escape from Reality | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Fog as the Veiled Borderland Between Life and Death | 第54-58页 |
| ·The Moon as the Combination of Maternity and Purity | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Sun as the Sign of Relationship | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ The Use of Sounds as the Nonverbal means | 第61-70页 |
| ·The Street Noises as the Sign of Life | 第61-64页 |
| ·The Silence as the Sign of Death and Loneliness | 第64-66页 |
| ·The Laughter as the Sign of Madness | 第66-67页 |
| ·The Foghorn as the Sign of Illness and Death | 第67-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-72页 |
| Notes | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-76页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的论文 | 第76-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77页 |
