| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| 2 American Naturalism and Edith Wharton | 第15-23页 |
| ·American Naturalism | 第15-18页 |
| ·Origin of American naturalism | 第15-16页 |
| ·Definition of naturalism | 第16-17页 |
| ·The American practitioner of literary naturalism | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Influence of Naturalism on Edith Wharton | 第18-23页 |
| ·Edith Wharton's challenge to feminism criticism | 第18-20页 |
| ·Naturalism's influence on Edith Wharton | 第20-23页 |
| 3 The Common Features of the Male Characters in Edith Wharton's Novels | 第23-45页 |
| ·Men Living in the Destructive Environment | 第23-38页 |
| ·Destructive social environment In The House of Mirth | 第23-28页 |
| ·Destructive natural environment In Ethan Frome | 第28-33页 |
| ·Destructive cultural environment In The Age of Innocence | 第33-38页 |
| ·The Struggle for Utopia world | 第38-43页 |
| ·Seeking for 'republic of the spirit' | 第38-40页 |
| ·Fleeing to an animated place | 第40-42页 |
| ·Getting into a world where only love matters | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Failure of Their Struggle | 第43-45页 |
| 4 Causes of The Failure of Their Struggle | 第45-56页 |
| ·Deceptive Authority and Possessorship over the Female | 第45-49页 |
| ·Addiction to the Dream | 第49-52页 |
| ·Lack of Courage | 第52-56页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
