| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract （English） | 第5页 |
| Abstract （Chinese） | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter Two Hawthorne's Romance Fiction as an Original Literary Form | 第12-17页 |
| 1． Hawthorne's romances different from the ususal type of realistic novels | 第12-13页 |
| 2． Hawthorne's own definition of his romance fiction | 第13-14页 |
| 3． Romance fiction distinct from romantic fiction in the traditional sense—the European Romanticism and the American Transcendentalism | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Three Symbolism and Psychological Description—Two Prominent Devices Constituting the Unique Style of llawthorne's Romance Fiction | 第17-35页 |
| 1． the reasons for Hawthorne's employment of symbolism as the dominant method—the romance as a new literary form itself, his Puritan scruples, and his need for ”thickness” | 第17-18页 |
| 2． Symbolism with three characteristics: systematic, polysemous and metaphorical | 第18-28页 |
| 1） Hawthorne's systematic use of symbolism | 第18-24页 |
| 2） The polysemous quality of symbolism in Hawthorne's romances | 第24-26页 |
| 3） The metaphorical quality of the symbols in Hawthorne's romances | 第26-28页 |
| 3． hawthorne's inner themes determining his use of psychological description as another important writing method | 第28页 |
| 4． Psychological description artistically used in Hawthorne's romances | 第28-35页 |
| Chapter Four Ambiguity rathe Extraordianry Style of Hawthorne's Romance Fictiona | 第35-46页 |
| 1． Several factors leading to Hawthorne's ambiguous style—his contradictory thinking, his literary ideology, and his outstanding use of two writing methods: symbolism and psychological description | 第35-36页 |
| 2． Ambiguity of Hawthorn's romances | 第36-46页 |
| 1） Ambiguous themes | 第36-40页 |
| 2） Ambiguous characters | 第40-44页 |
| 3） Obscure settings | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-49页 |
