| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Don DeLillo and Cosmopolis | 第11-15页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第15-19页 |
| 1.3 Aims and structure of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| 2. Ethical Crisis in Cosmopolis | 第21-33页 |
| 2.1 Individual ethical confusion | 第21-28页 |
| 2.1.1 Alienation of ethical subjects | 第21-24页 |
| 2.1.2 Loss of ethical identity | 第24-28页 |
| 2.2 Social ethical disorder | 第28-33页 |
| 2.2.1 Imbalanced social life | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2.2 Collapse of realistic basis for social ethics | 第31-33页 |
| 3. Postmodern Consumerism as Root of Ethical Crisis | 第33-45页 |
| 3.1 Consumption of signs in postmodern society | 第35-40页 |
| 3.1.1 From consumption of commodities to consumption of signs | 第35-38页 |
| 3.1.2 Web of signs and reification of individuals | 第38-40页 |
| 3.2 Symbolization of commodity and consumption | 第40-45页 |
| 3.2.1 Social stratification defined by consumption choices | 第41-42页 |
| 3.2.2 Solidified social classes and profound inequality | 第42-45页 |
| 4. Media Culture and Its Manipulation | 第45-54页 |
| 4.1 Media culture in postmodern society | 第45-49页 |
| 4.1.1 Hyperreality and media spectacle | 第46-48页 |
| 4.1.2 General manipulation of mass media | 第48-49页 |
| 4.2 Negative effects of media culture | 第49-54页 |
| 4.2.1 Relentless reinforcement of consumption | 第49-51页 |
| 4.2.2 The crisis in loss of history | 第51-54页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-58页 |
