| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-24页 |
| 1.1 Truman Capote and In Cold Blood | 第9-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Review of In Cold Blood | 第13-18页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第18-22页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two Clutters and Smiths' Material Dependence | 第24-34页 |
| 2.1 Clutter Family's Material Accumulation | 第24-29页 |
| 2.2 Smith Family's Commodity Fetishism | 第29-34页 |
| Chapter Three Indifferent Neighbors and Estranged Family Members | 第34-47页 |
| 3.1 Indifference between Clutter Family and Their Neighbors | 第34-37页 |
| 3.2 Estranged Family Members | 第37-42页 |
| 3.3 Perry Smith as a Social Outcast | 第42-47页 |
| Chapter Four Self-Reification of Perry Smith and Richard Hickock | 第47-53页 |
| 4.1 Perry Smith's Fantasies about Money and Salvation | 第47-50页 |
| 4.2 Richard Hickock's Habitual Theft and Paedophiliac Tendency | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| References | 第56-59页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间科研成果 | 第59页 |
