| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第3-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review and Theoretical Framework | 第14-26页 |
| 1.1 Research on In Our Time at Home and Abroad | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1.1 Research Abroad | 第14-17页 |
| 1.1.2 Research at Home | 第17-20页 |
| 1.2 Related Theories | 第20-26页 |
| 1.2.1 Heidegger's Concept of "Being-towards-death" | 第21-23页 |
| 1.2.2 Socrates' Doctrine of "The Immortality of Soul" | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Two Childhood: Vagueness about Life | 第26-35页 |
| 2.1 Witnessing Birth and Death | 第28-32页 |
| 2.2 Death as a Way to Escape Sufferings in Life | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Three Adolescence: Puzzlement with Life | 第35-45页 |
| 3.1 Boredom of Love and Present Life | 第36-39页 |
| 3.2 Violence and Kindness in the Outside World | 第39-42页 |
| 3.3 Powerlessness in Face of Death | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Four Manhood: Transcendence for Death | 第45-55页 |
| 4.1 Falling into Confusion after Death Experience | 第46-48页 |
| 4.2 Turning to Nature for Comfort | 第48-51页 |
| 4.3 Detachment for Death after Struggling with It | 第51-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| Works Cited | 第58-63页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第63-64页 |
