| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| 0.1 A Brief Introduction to Tennessee Williams and The Glass Menagerie | 第10-13页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review | 第13-16页 |
| 0.3 Thesis Statement | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Foundation | 第19-28页 |
| 1.1 Karen Horney and the Development of Her Ideologies | 第19-21页 |
| 1.2 Main Points of Karen Horney’s Theory of Neurosis | 第21-28页 |
| 1.2.1 The Definition of Neurosis | 第22-23页 |
| 1.2.2 Basic Hostility and Basic Anxiety | 第23-24页 |
| 1.2.3 Three Broad Neurotic Trends | 第24-26页 |
| 1.2.4 Culture and Neurosis | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two Representations of Tom’s Neurotic Personality | 第28-41页 |
| 2.1 Tom’s Compliance Toward People | 第28-32页 |
| 2.1.1 Accepting to Take His Father’s Place as the Breadwinner | 第28-30页 |
| 2.1.2 Promising to “Ask a Nice Young Man out for His Sister” | 第30-32页 |
| 2.2 Tom’s Aggression Against People | 第32-35页 |
| 2.2.1 Rebellion Against His Mother’s “Tyranny of ‘Should’” | 第32-34页 |
| 2.2.2 Resentment of Taking Responsibility for His Sister’s Marriage | 第34-35页 |
| 2.3 Tom’s Detachment away from People | 第35-41页 |
| 2.3.1 Escaping into the Literary World | 第35-37页 |
| 2.3.2 Finding Solace in Cinema | 第37-38页 |
| 2.3.3 Envisioning a Future with Sea Adventure | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Three Causes of Tom’s Neurotic Personality | 第41-51页 |
| 3.1 Family Environment | 第41-46页 |
| 3.1.1 Distortion of Maternal Love | 第41-43页 |
| 3.1.2 Absence of Paternal Love | 第43-45页 |
| 3.1.3 Commitment to His Beloved Sister | 第45-46页 |
| 3.2 Social Cultural Environment | 第46-51页 |
| 3.2.1 Decline of the Old South | 第47-49页 |
| 3.2.2 Domination of the Patriarchal Society | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Four Road to Tom’s Self-redemption and Its Consequences | 第51-55页 |
| 4.1 Tom’s Self-redemption | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2 Consequences of Tom’s Self-redemption | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2.1 Fear of Losing Equilibrium | 第53页 |
| 4.2.2 Hopelessness to the Future | 第53-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-60页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间所发表的学术论文 | 第60-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62页 |
