| English Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1. Definitions of American and British the Detective fiction | 第9-10页 |
| 2. Brief History and Major Branches of American and British Detective Fiction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction to the Major Theory of Psychoanalytical Criticism | 第13-18页 |
| Chapter Two A Psychoanalytical Reading of the Detective Fiction from the Authors’Perspective | 第18-32页 |
| ·Analysis on the Characterization in the Detective Fiction in Terms of the Structure of Mind | 第18-25页 |
| ·The Id and the Culprits | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Ego and the Detectives | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Superego and the Third Side in the Detective Fiction | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Conception of Repression and Catharsis | 第25-28页 |
| ·Resistance and Repression | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Catharsis Function of the Detective Fiction | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Conception of the Death Desire | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Murders | 第28-29页 |
| ·Death Desire | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Narrative Pattern in the Detective Fiction | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three A Psychoanalytical Reading of British and American Detective Fiction from the Readers’Perspective | 第32-43页 |
| ·The Readers’Psychoanalysis | 第32页 |
| ·The Social Issues in the Detective Fiction | 第32-35页 |
| ·The Construction of Suspense and the Consequent Formation of the Repression in the Detective Fiction | 第35-38页 |
| ·The Reason for the Popularity of the Detective Fiction | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Detective Fiction in Relation to the Tragedy Theory | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Reaction of the Readers to the Detective Fiction | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Impact of the Detective Fiction on Readers’Psychology | 第40-43页 |
| Conclusion | 第43-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-48页 |
