| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-20页 |
| 1.1 Martin Amis: Life and Works | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-15页 |
| 1.3 Freud’s Instinct Theory | 第15-18页 |
| 1.4 Purpose and Layout of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Thanatos: Women’s Prevalent Despair of Existence | 第20-30页 |
| 2.1 Women’s Determination to Hold on to Illness and Suffering | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Women’s Destruction Directed against the External World | 第23-26页 |
| 2.3 Women’s Tendency to Bring Total Self-destruction | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter Three Aggressiveness: Women’s Externalized Urge to Counteract Death | 第30-45页 |
| 3.1 Mary’s (Amy’s) Fatal Perversity to Contradict Men’s Will | 第31-35页 |
| 3.2 Nicola’s Destructive Impulse to Dominate Men’s Life | 第35-39页 |
| 3.3 Jennifer’s Sadistic Scheme to Deny Men’s Values | 第39-45页 |
| Chapter Four Eros: Women’s Desperate Search for Stimulation of Life | 第45-58页 |
| 4.1 Amy’s Endless Reincarnation to be Good | 第45-49页 |
| 4.2 Nicola’s Love Experiment in her Death Plan | 第49-53页 |
| 4.3 Mike’s Growth into an Authentic Woman | 第53-58页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-65页 |
