| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in Engsish | 第7-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·The inadequacy in the studies of Anderson's literary works | 第10-13页 |
| ·Anderson's life experience, the social background and his theme of death | 第13-19页 |
| 2. The Process of the Bearing of a "Death" Fruit | 第19-29页 |
| ·Death of the individual | 第19-23页 |
| ·Elizabeth's Death | 第19-22页 |
| ·Death of Individual | 第22-23页 |
| ·Death of the community | 第23-29页 |
| ·Death of the chicken | 第24-25页 |
| ·The failure of the second business endeavor | 第25-26页 |
| ·Death as a heritage | 第26-29页 |
| 3. Death as a Full Circle | 第29-42页 |
| ·The universality and eternity of death | 第29-35页 |
| ·The universality of death | 第29-32页 |
| ·The eternity of Death | 第32-35页 |
| ·The inevitability and certainty of death | 第35-42页 |
| ·Ted's death | 第36-37页 |
| ·The tree stumps as a symbol of death | 第37-39页 |
| ·The certainty of death | 第39-42页 |
| 4. Life in Death's Embrace | 第42-51页 |
| ·The mystery of Brother Death and the embracing of Brother Death | 第42-44页 |
| ·Death as their own choice | 第44-47页 |
| ·The meaningful individual life in death | 第47-51页 |
| ·The individual life in a dramatically changing world | 第47-49页 |
| ·The possibility for a meaningful life in death | 第49-51页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-54页 |
