| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| Chapter Two Plot and Styles of O’Connor’s Comedy | 第16-25页 |
| ·Plot of Comedy | 第16-21页 |
| ·Two Styles of Comedy: Ironical and Theological | 第21-23页 |
| ·Grace: Thematic Ideas Presented by the Tension between Two Styles | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Comic Sinners Satirized in Laughter | 第25-38页 |
| ·Comedy Object: Ugliness | 第25-31页 |
| ·Comic Devices: Inversion and Inflation-deflation | 第31-38页 |
| Chapter Four Comic Ending –Redemption | 第38-48页 |
| ·Christian Views and Comedy | 第38-41页 |
| ·Comic Ending in Theological Perspective | 第41-48页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| References | 第50-53页 |
| Publications | 第53页 |
