| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Richard Wright and Native Son | 第11-14页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Introduction to Sartre's Existential Philosophy | 第21-29页 |
| ·Existentialism and its New Development | 第21-24页 |
| ·Sartre's Existential Philosophy | 第24-25页 |
| ·Bad Faith | 第25-27页 |
| ·Authenticity | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Bigger's Quest for Authenticity | 第29-48页 |
| ·Bad Faith Characters | 第29-40页 |
| ·Bessie's Mode of "Being-in-itself" | 第29-32页 |
| ·Bigger's Friends' Hiding in "the Crowd" | 第32-38页 |
| ·Reverend Hammond's Collapse into "the Spirit of Seriousness" | 第38-40页 |
| ·Bigger's Quest for Authenticity | 第40-48页 |
| ·Bigger's Escape from the Mode of "Being-in-itself" | 第41页 |
| ·Bigger's Disengagement from "the Crowd" | 第41-42页 |
| ·Bigger's Rejection of "the Spirit of Seriousness" | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Quest for Authenticity | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter Four Bigger's Conversion from a Solipsist to an Existentialist Hero | 第48-62页 |
| ·Bigger as a Solipsist | 第48-54页 |
| ·Solipsism | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Solipsistic Bigger | 第51-54页 |
| ·Bigger as an Existentialist Hero | 第54-62页 |
| ·Reflective Phase in Sartre's Existential Philosophy | 第55-56页 |
| ·Sartre's Emphasis on Engagement and Commitment | 第56-58页 |
| ·Bigger's Conversion from a Solipsist to an Existentialist Hero | 第58-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-68页 |
