| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·The Research Objective and Significance | 第11-12页 |
| ·A General Survey of Research on Willa Cather Home and Abroad | 第12-15页 |
| ·Research in the U. S. and Other Western Countries | 第12-14页 |
| ·Research in China | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Research Perspective | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Research Originality | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Willa Cather's Rationalistic View on Happiness | 第17-34页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Views of Happiness in Western Philosophy | 第17-22页 |
| ·Aristippus' Hedonism | 第18页 |
| ·Epicurus' Rational Hedonism | 第18-19页 |
| ·Aristotle's Eudaimonism | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Pursuit of Happiness — Self-Actualizing People in Some of Cather's Major Works | 第22-29页 |
| ·Alexandra, a Woman Who Achieves Her Own Potential on the Land | 第23-25页 |
| ·Antonia, a Woman Who Will Not Yield to Misfortune in Her Quest for Happiness | 第25-27页 |
| ·Other Protagonists Who Attain Mental Well-being | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Influence of Cather's Life and Career on Her Rationalistic View of Happiness | 第29-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Ecofeminist Tendency in Willa Cather's Outlook on Life and Happiness | 第34-46页 |
| ·An Overview of Ecofeminism and Ecofeminist Literary Criticism | 第34-37页 |
| ·Ecofeminist Tendency in Cather's Life Philosophy | 第37-46页 |
| ·The Ecofeminist Consciousness in Cather's Works | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Influences on Cather's Eco-conscious Life Philosophy | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter 4 The Spiritual Redemption of Modern Humanity | 第46-53页 |
| ·The Crises Confronting Modern Humanity | 第46-49页 |
| ·The Root of the Ecological Crisis | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Alienation of Happiness | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Significance of Cather's View on Happiness to Modern Humanity | 第49-53页 |
| ·The Ultimate Significance of Human Life | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Spiritual Redemption of Modern Humanity | 第50-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-60页 |
| Appendix Willa Cather's Chief Literary Works | 第60页 |
