| Acknowledgements | 第4-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第10-12页 |
| Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-25页 |
| Brief Introduction to W.S.Merwin and His Works | 第13-14页 |
| Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| Thesis Statement | 第19-20页 |
| Introduction of Theory | 第20-21页 |
| Terminology | 第21-23页 |
| Thesis Structure | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter One “The Old Garden”: The Reminiscence of the Harmonious Relationshipbetween Man and Nature in the Past | 第25-37页 |
| 1.1 Merwin’s Recollection of the Old Garden: The Intimate Relation between Human andNature | 第25-31页 |
| 1.1.1 Cultivating in the Old Garden | 第26-28页 |
| 1.1.2 Appreciating the Scenery in the Old Garden | 第28-31页 |
| 1.2 Merwin’s Recalling for Pastoral Life: The Closeness between Man and Nature | 第31-37页 |
| 1.2.1 The Simple Rural Lifestyle | 第32-34页 |
| 1.2.2 The Indulgence in Pastoral Scenery | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Two “The Vanished Garden”: The Denouncement of Current Imbalance of theHarmonious Relationship between Man and Nature | 第37-50页 |
| 2.1 The Denunciation of Anthropocentrism: The Destruction to the Harmony between Manand Nature | 第37-44页 |
| 2.1.1 The Cutting: The Damage to the “Garden” | 第38-41页 |
| 2.1.2 The Development of City: The Destruction to Nature | 第41-44页 |
| 2.2.The Critique of Damage to Human and Nature with the Disappearance of the “Garden”:The Exacerbation of Relation between Man and Nature | 第44-50页 |
| 2.2.1 The Loss of Man’s Spirit: The Alienation from Nature | 第44-46页 |
| 2.2.2 The Warning of the World’s Extinction: The Dying of Man and Nature | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter Three “Rebuilding the Garden”: The Desire for Reestablishment of theHarmonious Relationship between Man and Nature | 第50-63页 |
| 3.1 The Longing for Rebuilding the Harmony between Man and Nature in Poems: TheAllaying to Conflict between Man and Nature | 第50-56页 |
| 3.1.1 The Desire for Owning the Garden: The Expectation of Rebuilding the Harmonybetween Man and Nature | 第50-53页 |
| 3.1.2 Planting Trees in the Garden: Appealing for Protecting Nature | 第53-56页 |
| 3.2 The Practice of Merwin in Life: The Alleviation of Worsening Relation between Manand Nature | 第56-63页 |
| 3.2.1 Building a Garden in Life: A Gardener for Protecting Nature | 第56-58页 |
| 3.2.2 The Absorption of Hawaiian Wisdom and Chinese Zen: Putting the EcologicalConcept into Practice | 第58-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Works Cited | 第65-68页 |
