| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| A. TheAuthor and the Work | 第8-12页 |
| B. Literature Review | 第12-13页 |
| C. Methodology of Tragedy in Poetics | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter One The Universality, Integrity and Conflict of Jude the Obscure | 第16-20页 |
| A. The Universality of the Plot | 第16-17页 |
| B. The Integrity of the Plot | 第17-18页 |
| C. The Conflict of the plot | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter TwoAristotle's Poetics Embodied in the Plot Development | 第20-32页 |
| A. The Plot Development | 第20-22页 |
| B. Analysis on the Plot Development | 第22-25页 |
| C. Three Elements of the Plot | 第25-32页 |
| Chapter ThreeAnalysis on Characterization from the Perspective of Poetics | 第32-44页 |
| A. Aristotle's Tragic Theory for Characters in Poetics | 第32页 |
| B. Representativeness of Character in Jude the Obscure | 第32-33页 |
| C. Analysis on Characterization from the Perspective of Poetics | 第33-44页 |
| Chapter Four Poetics Reflected in the Three-dimensional Character Structure | 第44-49页 |
| A. Aristotle's Tragic Theory on Structure | 第44页 |
| B. The Three-dimensional Structure of Character in the Novel | 第44-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Notes | 第51-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-58页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第58页 |