| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUTION | 第11-24页 |
| A. An Introduction to Jack Kerouac and His Works | 第11-12页 |
| B. Plot Summary of On the Road and Literature Review | 第12-17页 |
| C. Beat Generation and Cultural Study | 第17-22页 |
| D. Thesis Statement | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER TWO MANIFESTATIONS OF THE BEAT TRAITS IN ON THE ROAD | 第24-47页 |
| A. The Main Characters and the Beat Trait of Anti-conformity | 第24-31页 |
| 1. Dean Moriarty as a Free-spirited Wanderer | 第25-28页 |
| 2. Sal Paradise as a Contradictory Rebel | 第28-31页 |
| B. The Themes and the Beat Trait of Anti-morality | 第31-35页 |
| 1. The Theme of Drug and Alcohol Addiction | 第31-33页 |
| 2. The Theme of Sexual Liberation | 第33-35页 |
| C. The Writing Techniques and the Beat Trait of Anti-tradition | 第35-47页 |
| 1. Spontaneous Prose Writing | 第36-43页 |
| 2. The Depiction of Anti-hero | 第43-47页 |
| CHPTER THREE CAUSES OF THE BEAT TRAITS REFELCTED IN ON THE ROAD | 第47-65页 |
| A. Constraint of Conformity on the Main Characters | 第47-53页 |
| B. Influence of Transcendentalism and Existentialism | 第53-59页 |
| C. Spontaneous Writing and Jazz Culture | 第59-65页 |
| CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION | 第65-70页 |
| A.The Main Findings | 第65-66页 |
| B. Implications of the Study | 第66-67页 |
| C. Limitations and Suggestions | 第67-70页 |
| WORK CITED | 第70-73页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第73页 |
