| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·Background information about Joyce Carol Oates | 第8-10页 |
| ·Survey of studies on Oates and her works | 第10-13页 |
| ·Introduction to Solstice | 第13-14页 |
| ·Literature reviews about Solstice | 第14-15页 |
| ·Brief intention of this thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Explorations of Violence in Oates’s Works | 第16-25页 |
| ·Analysis of violence | 第16页 |
| ·Reasons for Oates’s fascination with violence | 第16-23页 |
| ·The traditional influence | 第17-20页 |
| ·Historical legacy | 第17-19页 |
| ·Literary tradition | 第19-20页 |
| ·Personal life experience | 第20-21页 |
| ·Oates’s literature theories | 第21-23页 |
| ·Explorations of violence in Oates’s fictions before Solstice | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Mental Violence in Solstice | 第25-35页 |
| ·Studies on mental violence | 第25-26页 |
| ·Mental violence in Solstice | 第26-33页 |
| ·Mental abuse from the scarred marriage | 第26-28页 |
| ·Mental exploitation from the energy-drained work | 第28-30页 |
| ·Mental aggression from the spiritual-vampire friendship | 第30-33页 |
| ·Sheila’s frequently uninvited visits to Monica | 第30-31页 |
| ·Sheila’s willful occupation of Monica’s private time | 第31-32页 |
| ·Sheila’s bullying control of Monica | 第32-33页 |
| ·Connotations of the mental violence in Solstice | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第35-37页 |
| Bibliography | 第37-39页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第39-40页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第40-41页 |
