| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第8页 |
| Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| Chapter One The Emotional Dilemma: Origin and Context | 第18-29页 |
| 1.1 The Influence of the Counterculture Movement | 第18-25页 |
| 1.2 Sam Shepard’s Double Nature | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter Two Insider: The Loss of the Self | 第29-42页 |
| 2.1 The Self against the Maternal Power | 第29-33页 |
| 2.2 The Self against the Authority | 第33-37页 |
| 2.3 The Self against Industrial Civilization | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter Three Outsider: The Need of Connection | 第42-50页 |
| 3.1 Disconnection with Others | 第43-47页 |
| 3.2 Disconnection with the Past | 第47-50页 |
| Conclusion | 第50-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-57页 |
