| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-19页 |
| 1.1 Literature Review of Cormac McCarthy and Suttree | 第9-14页 |
| 1.2 Theories of Cultural Geography | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 The Proposed Framework of the Thesis | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two Tennessee River in Knoxville City as an Urban Wilderness:The Site of BothLife and Death | 第19-26页 |
| 2.1 Urban Wilderness in Suttree | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Tennessee River as the Cradle of Life | 第21-23页 |
| 2.3 Tennessee River as the Tomb of Death | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three Wanderers along Tennessee River: Characters in Suttree | 第26-36页 |
| 3.1 Suttree:A Spiritual Wanderer in the Commercialized City | 第26-30页 |
| 3.2 Harrogate: An Ignorant Wanderer in Pursuit of Wealth | 第30-33页 |
| 3.3 Wanda: An Innocent Wanderer in the Patriarchal Society | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Four From Old South to New South:The Dynamic Construct of Capital and Power | 第36-46页 |
| 4.1 The Old South as a Romantic Garden | 第36-39页 |
| 4.2 The South in Suttree as the Wilderness | 第39-43页 |
| 4.3 Suttree as a Transitional Novel in McCarthy's Literary Career | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Works Cited | 第48-51页 |
