| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第9-17页 |
| ·The Author and His Literary Achievements | 第9-11页 |
| ·A Brief Survey of Steinbeck Criticism | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research Objective and Structure | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two THEORETICAL AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND | 第17-31页 |
| ·Edward Ricketts’Influence | 第17-21页 |
| ·Teleological and Non-teleological thinking | 第17-19页 |
| ·Phalanx-individual Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Steinbeck’s Literary Experimentation | 第21-23页 |
| ·Steinbeck and the Tragedies in His Novels | 第23-31页 |
| ·Tragedy: Elements and Characteristics Overview | 第23-27页 |
| ·Presentation in Steinbeck’s Novels of Tragic Consciousness | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Three THE TRAGIC THEMES OF JOHN STEINBECK | 第31-46页 |
| ·The Breakdown of the American Dream | 第31-38页 |
| ·Human Nature Twisted in Good and Evil | 第38-42页 |
| ·Journeying in Pain | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Four STEINBECK’S TECHNIQUES FOR PRESENTING THE TRAGEDIES | 第46-59页 |
| ·Use of Symbolism | 第46-48页 |
| ·Application of Biblical Stories | 第48-52页 |
| ·Experimentation of Play-novelette and Film-novelette | 第52-56页 |
| ·Realism and Naturalism | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第59-61页 |
| REFERENCES | 第61-64页 |
| 附录：作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第64页 |
