| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| A. Lessing’ Life and Works | 第10-11页 |
| B. Literature Review | 第11-13页 |
| C. Definition of Ethical Literary Criticism | 第13-20页 |
| Chapter One The Ethical Relationship between Human and Nature | 第20-28页 |
| A. Men’s Destruction of Nature | 第21-24页 |
| B. Woman’s Desire for Escaping from Nature | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Two The Ethical Relationship between Human and Society | 第28-40页 |
| A. Persecution and Rebellion of Blacks | 第28-33页 |
| B. Rough Survival of Whites | 第33-34页 |
| C. Bondage and Oppression of Women | 第34-40页 |
| Chapter Three The Interpersonal Ethical Relationship | 第40-46页 |
| A. The Racial Inequality between Whites and Blacks | 第40-41页 |
| B. The Estrangement between Women and Men | 第41-44页 |
| C. The Predatory Acts of Ranchers to Small Farmers | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Four The Ethical Relationship between Human and Self | 第46-50页 |
| A. Causes of Mary's Split Self | 第46-49页 |
| B. Mary’s Self-Salvation | 第49-50页 |
| Conclusion | 第50-51页 |
| Notes | 第51-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-56页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的科研成果清单 | 第56页 |
