| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Contents | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to the Author and the Works | 第8-10页 |
| 1.1.1 Philip Roth and His Major Works | 第8-9页 |
| 1.1.2 An Introduction to The Human Stain | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Critical Reviews of Philip Roth's The Human Stain | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2.1 The Critical Reviews Abroad | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2.2 The Critical Reviews at Home | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 The Significance and Major Arguments of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation | 第13-18页 |
| 2.1 The Generation of Existentialism | 第13页 |
| 2.2 Major Existentialists and Their Thoughts | 第13-14页 |
| 2.3 Sartre's Existentialism | 第14-18页 |
| 2.3.1 Being-in-itself and Being-for-itself | 第14页 |
| 2.3.2 Freedom | 第14-16页 |
| 2.3.3 The Other | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 3 Coleman's Quest for Being-for-itself | 第18-26页 |
| 3.1 Coleman's Quest for Careers | 第18-21页 |
| 3.1.1 Quest in Youth as a Black Person | 第18-20页 |
| 3.1.2 Quest in Old Age as a White Person | 第20-21页 |
| 3.2 Coleman's Quest for Love | 第21-26页 |
| 3.2.1 Failing Love as a Black Man | 第22-23页 |
| 3.2.2 Successful Love as a White Man | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter 4 Coleman's Persistence in Freedom | 第26-34页 |
| 4.1 Coleman's Free Choice | 第26-30页 |
| 4.1.1 The Free Choice of Being a White Man | 第26-28页 |
| 4.1.2 The Free Choice of Insisting the Principle | 第28-30页 |
| 4.2 Coleman's Responsibility | 第30-34页 |
| 4.2.1 The Responsibility for the Self. | 第30-32页 |
| 4.2.2 The Responsibilities for Others | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 5 Hell Is Other People | 第34-46页 |
| 5.1 The Relationship with Walt | 第34-38页 |
| 5.1.1 Walt' Striving | 第34-36页 |
| 5.1.2 Coleman's Conflicts with Walt | 第36-38页 |
| 5.2 The Relationship with Delphine Roux | 第38-42页 |
| 5.2.1 Delphine Roux's Ridiculousness | 第38-40页 |
| 5.2.2 Coleman's Conflicts with Delphine Roux | 第40-42页 |
| 5.3 The Relationship with Les Farley | 第42-46页 |
| 5.3.1 Les Farley's Miserable Trauma | 第42-44页 |
| 5.3.2 Coleman's Conflicts with Les Farley | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第46-49页 |
| 6.1 The Conclusion of the Thesis | 第46-47页 |
| 6.2 The Enlightenments of the Novel | 第47-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-51页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第51页 |
