| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第13-21页 |
| 1.1 Carson McCullers | 第13-16页 |
| 1.2 Carson McCullers’Major Works | 第16-20页 |
| 1.3 Purpose of This Study | 第20页 |
| 1.4 Research Method of This Study | 第20-21页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第21-27页 |
| 2.1 Studies on Carson McCullers Abroad | 第21-24页 |
| 2.2 Studies on Carson McCullers in China | 第24-27页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC AND LITERATURE | 第27-33页 |
| 3.1 The Similarities between Music and Literature | 第27-31页 |
| 3.2 The Benefits of Combining Music and Literature | 第31页 |
| 3.3 The Feasibility of Combining Music and McCullers’Works | 第31-33页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ THE CONTRIBUTION OF MUSIC TO CHARACTERIZATION | 第33-39页 |
| 4.1 Music and Mick Kelly | 第33-36页 |
| 4.2 Music and Lieutenant Weincheck | 第36-39页 |
| CHAPTERⅤTHE CONTRIBUTION OF MUSIC TO THE THEMES | 第39-47页 |
| 5.1 Music and Racial Equality | 第39-44页 |
| 5.1.1 Music and Racial Equality in Clock without Hands | 第39-41页 |
| 5.1.2 Music and Racial Equality in The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | 第41-42页 |
| 5.1.3 Music and Racial Equality in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | 第42-44页 |
| 5.2 Music and Gender Equality | 第44-45页 |
| 5.3 Music and Pain in Growing up | 第45-47页 |
| CHAPTER ⅥTHE CONTRIBUTION OF MUSIC TO THE ATMOSPHERE | 第47-52页 |
| 6.1 Boring Music and Boring Daily Life in Part One | 第47-49页 |
| 6.2 Various Music and Various feelings in Part Two | 第49-51页 |
| 6.3 Boring Life Again and Boring Music Again in Part Three | 第51-52页 |
| CHAPTER ⅥTHE CONTRIBUTION OF MUSIC TO THE STRUCTURE | 第52-58页 |
| 7.1 Fugue Musical Structure | 第52-53页 |
| 7.2 Structure of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | 第53-55页 |
| 7.3 Fugue Structure in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | 第55-58页 |
| CHAPTER ⅧCONCLUSION | 第58-59页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第59-61页 |
