| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第10-26页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to Cormac McCarthy and His Works | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第13-19页 |
| 1.2.1 Studies Abroad | 第13-16页 |
| 1.2.2 Studies at Home | 第16-19页 |
| 1.3 Lefebvre's Spatial Theory | 第19-22页 |
| 1.4 The Significance and Layout of This Study | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Two IMPORTANT IMAGES OF DEATH : BACKGROUND OF VIOLENCE IN PHYSICAL SPACE | 第26-38页 |
| 2.1 The Space Metaphor of the Wasteland | 第26-31页 |
| 2.1.1 The traditional image of wasteland in American history | 第27-28页 |
| 2.1.2 The Eliot-like death image of wasteland in The Road | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2 The Symbolic Evil Image of Fire | 第31-34页 |
| 2.3 Desolate Natural and Artificial Landscape | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Three TWO PRESENTATIONS OF VIOLENCE IN AMERINCAN CULTURE AND HISTORY IN SOCIAL SPACE | 第38-60页 |
| 3.1 The Violence of Culture in The Road and American Frontier | 第39-49页 |
| 3.1.1 The conflict between multi-culture and American culture hegemony | 第39-46页 |
| 3.1.2 American frontier: a place full of violence and McCarthy's en route complex | 第46-49页 |
| 3.2 The Violence of Politics for Females and the Black | 第49-56页 |
| 3.2.1 The violence for females in the gender space | 第49-53页 |
| 3.2.2 The violence for the black in the racial space | 第53-56页 |
| 3.3 The Cannibalism in The Road and the September 11 Event | 第56-60页 |
| Chapter Four THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE BY LOVE BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SON IN MENTAL SPACE | 第60-74页 |
| 4.1 The Father's Two Stages in Mentality and His Redemption | 第61-67页 |
| 4.1.1 Traumatic experiences in the father's individual space | 第61-64页 |
| 4.1.2 Initiation of father's mental space by his love for son | 第64-67页 |
| 4.2 The Son's Sprititual World of Love and His Rebirth | 第67-74页 |
| 4.2.1 Son's complex mentality in treating human and nature | 第67-69页 |
| 4.2.2 Son's grown up as a self-reliant man with mature mentality | 第69-74页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第74-78页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第78-84页 |
| 附录：作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第84页 |
