| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract(English Version) | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract(Chinese Version) | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| ·Joyce Carol Oates and her literary achievements | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literature review | 第12-18页 |
| Chapter Two Review on Alienation | 第18-22页 |
| ·The origin and development of the concept of alienation | 第18-20页 |
| ·Alienation theme in western modern literature | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three them and Society—Alienation in Society | 第22-33页 |
| ·Alienation in social institutions | 第23-24页 |
| ·Living in the society in which they do not have a sense of belonging | 第24-26页 |
| ·Living in the society in which they do not have a sense of security | 第26-29页 |
| ·Absense of community in the society | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Four them and Them—Alienation in Familial Interrelationships | 第33-41页 |
| ·Psychological abuse between mother and daughter | 第34-36页 |
| ·Estrangement and hostility between father and children | 第36-38页 |
| ·Forced abandonment between sister and brother | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Five them and Themselves—Alienation from Themselves | 第41-50页 |
| ·Loretta—from hoping to desperation | 第42-44页 |
| ·Maureen—loss of self-identity | 第44-47页 |
| ·Jules—from struggles to alienation | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Works cited | 第52-55页 |
| Publications | 第55页 |