| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One: A Novel of War | 第12-25页 |
| ·The setting of the novel | 第12-16页 |
| ·Some background of the Civil War | 第12-14页 |
| ·Some other Civil War-set novels | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Civil War in Cold Mountain | 第15-16页 |
| ·"A war like all wars" | 第16-25页 |
| ·The concern about what the war does to the human body | 第17-18页 |
| ·The concern about what the war does to the human spirit | 第18-25页 |
| Chapter Two: A Novel of Journey | 第25-46页 |
| ·General introduction of both the present chapter and archetypal criticism | 第25-27页 |
| ·Inman's journeys | 第27-38页 |
| ·Inman's nostalgia | 第27-30页 |
| ·Inman's homeward journey | 第30-35页 |
| ·The geographical journey of Inman | 第31-33页 |
| ·Some other archetypes in Inman's odyssey | 第33-35页 |
| ·Inman's spiritual journey | 第35-38页 |
| ·Ada's self-discovery journey | 第38-41页 |
| ·Journeys of some minor characters | 第41-46页 |
| ·Stobrod and Ruby | 第41-43页 |
| ·Veasey | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Three: A Novel of Human Relationships | 第46-61页 |
| ·Love, a unique relationship between man and woman | 第46-51页 |
| ·The love story of Inman and Ada | 第46-49页 |
| ·Love's function as the resource of strength for keeping life going | 第49-50页 |
| ·Ideal attitude towards love | 第50-51页 |
| ·The human relationships: cross-racial or otherwise | 第51-61页 |
| ·Ada as the assisted and the assistor | 第52-55页 |
| ·Inman befriended by the colored people | 第55-61页 |
| ·Inman and Swimmer | 第55-58页 |
| ·Inman and The yellow slave | 第58-61页 |
| Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-66页 |
| Research Achievements | 第66-68页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第68页 |
