| 内容摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-12页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| CHAPTER I THE INFLUENCES ON THE TWO PLAYWRIGHTS AND THE TWO WORKS | 第16-46页 |
| 1. THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY ON THE TWO PLAYWRIGHTS AND THE TWO WORKS | 第16-24页 |
| 2. THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF AMERICA AND CHINA IN THE 1930S ON O’NEILL AND CAO YU AND THEIR WORKS | 第24-28页 |
| 3. THE INFLUENCE OF PREVIOUS TRAGIC AESTHETICS ON O’NEILL AND CAO YU AND THEIR WORKS | 第28-46页 |
| A. Ancient Greek Tragedies | 第30-35页 |
| B. Shakespeare’s Tragedies | 第35-38页 |
| C. Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg | 第38-46页 |
| CHAPTER II THE COMPARISONS OF THE CHARACTERS | 第46-64页 |
| 1. EPHRAIM CABOT AND ZHOU PU YUAN: DEFENDERS OF CONVENTIONS | 第46-51页 |
| 2. ABBIE AND FANYI: FIGHTERS AGAINST DYING TRADITIONS | 第51-55页 |
| 3. EBEN CABOT AND ZHOU PING: OEDIPUS OF MODERN TIMES | 第55-64页 |
| CHAPTER III THE COMPARISON OF THEMES | 第64-84页 |
| 1. TRAGEDIES OF DESIRES | 第64-75页 |
| A. A Desire for Material Wealth | 第65-70页 |
| B. A Desire for Sex and Tragic Result of Crazy Love | 第70-75页 |
| 2. TRAGEDIES OF CONFLICTS | 第75-80页 |
| 3. TRAGEDIES OF FATE | 第80-84页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第84-87页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第87-89页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第89-90页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表论文以及参加科研情况 | 第90-91页 |
