| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·Eugene O'Neill's life experience and his attitude toward life | 第10-12页 |
| ·The significance of A Touch of the Poet | 第12-15页 |
| ·The focus of this dissertation | 第15-18页 |
| 2. Pseudo-self vs. Real Self | 第18-20页 |
| 3. Pseudo-self, Enslaved by the Ruling Class Ideology | 第20-30页 |
| ·The dominant ruling class ideology and its influences on conception | 第20-25页 |
| ·British aristocratic ideology | 第20-21页 |
| ·American bourgeois ideology | 第21-23页 |
| ·The British ideology vs. the American ideology | 第23-25页 |
| ·Pseudo-self, slave of the social system | 第25-30页 |
| 4. Real Self, Repressed by Too-strong Id | 第30-36页 |
| ·Too-strong id | 第30-31页 |
| ·Real Self under the persona of "gentlemen" | 第31-32页 |
| ·Repressed Real Self, longing for self-esteem | 第32-36页 |
| ·Humans, "a wanting animal" | 第32-33页 |
| ·Intrinsic human values | 第33-35页 |
| ·The longing for self-esteem | 第35-36页 |
| 5. Quests for Real Self | 第36-39页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第39-42页 |
| Bibliography | 第42-43页 |
