| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·Critics about Anne Tyler and Her Works Abroad | 第8-12页 |
| ·Critical Response in China | 第12-14页 |
| ·Innovation and Structural Arrangement | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-25页 |
| ·Definition of Social Exchange Theory (SET) | 第16-18页 |
| ·Social Exchange Theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Social Exchange versus Economic Exchange | 第17-18页 |
| ·Historical Review of Social Exchange Theory | 第18-24页 |
| ·Theoretical sources of Social Exchange Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Social Exchange Theory of Homans | 第21-22页 |
| ·Social Exchange Theory from Blau and Emerson | 第22-24页 |
| ·Applications and Drawbacks of SET | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Three Analysis of Various Relationships in Tyler's Novels by SET | 第25-51页 |
| ·Relationships in The Beginner's Goodbye | 第25-30页 |
| ·Marital relationships | 第25-27页 |
| ·Heterosexuality | 第27-28页 |
| ·Brotherhood and Sisterhood | 第28-30页 |
| ·Relationships in The Amateur Marriage | 第30-41页 |
| ·Spouse | 第30-37页 |
| ·Parenthood | 第37-39页 |
| ·Grandparenthood | 第39-41页 |
| ·Relationships in Breathing Lessons | 第41-51页 |
| ·Filiation | 第41-45页 |
| ·heterosexual relationships | 第45-48页 |
| ·Mother and daughter-in-law | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Four Comparisons of Relationships Being Discussed above | 第51-57页 |
| ·Comparisons from the Perspective of Contents | 第51-53页 |
| ·Analysis of Causes of the Differences | 第53-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第57-60页 |
| ·Social Exchange Theory as Literary Criticism | 第57-59页 |
| ·Enlightenment to Reality | 第59-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-63页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第63-64页 |
| 研究生期间发表论文 | 第64页 |
