| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Significance of the Topic | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-25页 |
| ·Research on Saul Bellow and His Works | 第15-19页 |
| ·Existentialism and Its Influence on Saul Bellow | 第19-25页 |
| ·Saul Bellow's Jadishness alienation | 第19-22页 |
| ·Existential impact on Saul Bellow | 第22-25页 |
| CHAPTER THREE MODERN PEOPLE'S ALIENATION AND CONFUSION REFLECTED IN HENDERSON THE RAIN KING | 第25-46页 |
| ·Henderson's Responsibility and Sense of Justice | 第25-30页 |
| ·Henderson's sense of justice | 第26-27页 |
| ·Henderson's sense of responsibility before his African Trip | 第27-28页 |
| ·Henderson's sense of responsibility after his African Trip | 第28-30页 |
| ·Henderson's Anxiety to Death | 第30-33页 |
| ·Henderson's anxiety to death before his African Trip | 第30-32页 |
| ·Henderson's attitude toward death after his African Trip | 第32-33页 |
| ·Henderson's Relationship and Dissatisfaction with Others | 第33-42页 |
| ·Henderson's relationship with his family members | 第34-37页 |
| ·Henderson's relationship in his African Trip | 第37-39页 |
| ·Henderson's changed dissatisfactory relations with others | 第39-42页 |
| ·Willatale's influence on Henderson | 第39-41页 |
| ·Dahfu's influence on Henderson | 第41-42页 |
| ·Henderson's Frustrations about the Absurd and Dark Side of the World in Reality | 第42-46页 |
| ·Absurd and dark side of the world in modern society | 第43-44页 |
| ·Absurd and dark side of the world in Dark Continent of Africa | 第44-46页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR HENDERSON—A PERSISTENT SEEKER FOR THE TRUE MEANING OF EXISTENCE | 第46-59页 |
| ·The Way of Henderson's Exploration | 第46-47页 |
| ·Henderson's Free Choice and Strive for Authentic Existence | 第47-51页 |
| ·Henderson's Fantasy to Find the True Meaning of Existence | 第51-59页 |
| ·Henderson's spiritual barrenness | 第51-52页 |
| ·Henderson's spiritual journey | 第52-54页 |
| ·Henderson's understandings to the true meaning of existence | 第54-59页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第59-61页 |
| Notes | 第61-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
