| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie | 第9-10页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第13-16页 |
| 2 The Ethical Literary Criticism and Theodore Dreiser’s Ethical Orientation | 第16-27页 |
| ·The Ethical Literary Criticism | 第16-18页 |
| ·Consumerism and Theodore Dreiser’s Ethical Orientation | 第18-27页 |
| ·An Introduction to Consumer Culture | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Formation of Theodore Dreiser’s Ethical Orientation | 第19-24页 |
| ·The Influence of Consumer Culture on Dreiser’s Ethical Orientation | 第24-27页 |
| 3 The Representation of Desire and Consumptionin Sister Carrie | 第27-41页 |
| ·Carrie: the Spokeswoman of Desire and Consumption | 第27-36页 |
| ·Carrie’s Desire for Cloth and its Consumption | 第28-30页 |
| ·Carrie’s Desire for Residence and its Consumption | 第30-32页 |
| ·Carrie’s Desire for Love and Marriage | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Illusion of Desire: Carrie’s Unattainable Happiness | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Desire and Consumption represented by Other Protagonists | 第36-41页 |
| ·Drouet: a Sex Consumer in Consumer Society | 第36-37页 |
| ·Hurstwood: Typical Victim of Consumer Culture | 第37-38页 |
| ·Hurstwood’s Consuming Family | 第38-41页 |
| 4 Ethics of Desire in Sister Carrie | 第41-52页 |
| ·Dreiser’s Conventional Ethics in Sister Carrie | 第41-44页 |
| ·Minnie and Hanson: a Couple Faithfully Supporting Conventional Ethics | 第42页 |
| ·Carrie: a Traditional Girl Before Being Influenced by Consumer Culture | 第42-43页 |
| ·Conventional Ethical Thoughts Shown by Other Characters | 第43-44页 |
| ·Anti-conventional Ethics in the Context of Consumer Culture | 第44-52页 |
| ·The Swell of Desire in a Consumer Culture Context | 第44-46页 |
| ·Hedonism and Pragmatism in the Context of Consumer Culture | 第46-52页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54-55页 |
| References | 第55-57页 |
| Appendix | 第57-59页 |
