| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| ·Introduction to the Western Films | 第8-10页 |
| ·Introduction to the West and Western Myth | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Westward Expansion | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Western Myth | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of This Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-21页 |
| ·Historical Studies on the West and Western Myth | 第15-16页 |
| ·Criticism on the Westerns | 第16-21页 |
| ·Genre and Film Theory Studies | 第16-17页 |
| ·Cultural Studies | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Bases | 第21-26页 |
| ·Turner's Frontier Thesis | 第21页 |
| ·H.N.Smith and His Virgin Land | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Western as a Genre:Western Myth in Screen | 第22-26页 |
| ·Westerns' Emergence as a Genre | 第22-23页 |
| ·Social Consciousness | 第23-24页 |
| ·Codification of Myth in Westerns | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Four Western Myth Depicted in Classic Westerns | 第26-41页 |
| ·Heroic Myth Celebrating Individualism | 第26-31页 |
| ·Hero Codes | 第26-27页 |
| ·Solitary Hero Stands Out of Community | 第27-29页 |
| ·Identity of Hero:Gender and Ethnicity Excluded to White Man | 第29-31页 |
| ·In the Name of Civilization:Founding of a Promising Land | 第31-39页 |
| ·Self-Reliant Rescue | 第32-33页 |
| ·Law and Order Tradition in the West | 第33-34页 |
| ·Elevation and Justification of Gunplay and Violence | 第34-37页 |
| ·Manifest Destiny:Belief in Progress | 第37-39页 |
| ·Historical Myth with Present Roots | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Five Disillusion of Western Myth in New Westerns | 第41-54页 |
| ·Decline of the Genre in 1960s | 第41-44页 |
| ·John Ford's Introspection | 第41-42页 |
| ·Spaghetti Westerns:Minor Inheritance and Counter-genre | 第42-44页 |
| ·Rise of Revisionist Westerns:Western Myth Disillusioned | 第44-51页 |
| ·From Mythic Hero to the Ordinary:Unforgiven | 第45-49页 |
| ·Revision of Manifest Destiny in Dance with the Wolves | 第49-51页 |
| ·Speculations on the Shift from Classic to New Westerns | 第51-53页 |
| ·New Accomodation to the Old Dream | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| References | 第56-60页 |
| 个人简介 | 第60-61页 |
| 导师简介 | 第61-62页 |
| 获得成果目录清单 | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |
