| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| 0.1 Eugene O’Neill and Desire under the Elms | 第12-14页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review | 第14-18页 |
| 0.3 Thesis Statement | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter One Trauma Theory | 第20-28页 |
| 1.1 The Definition of Trauma | 第20-21页 |
| 1.2 Collective Trauma and Personal Trauma | 第21-24页 |
| 1.3 The Development of Trauma Theory | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Two An Exploration of Trauma Reflected in the Main Characters in theWork | 第28-41页 |
| 2.1 Collective Trauma | 第28-35页 |
| 2.1.1 The Inflated Desires of the Main Characters | 第29-33页 |
| 2.1.2 Collective Alienation | 第33-35页 |
| 2.2 Personal Trauma | 第35-41页 |
| 2.2.1 Eben’s Pure Hatred to his Father | 第36-37页 |
| 2.2.2 Eben’s Oedipus Complex | 第37-39页 |
| 2.2.3 Abbie’s Lack of Security | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Three Origins of O’Neill and Main Characters’ Trauma | 第41-53页 |
| 3.1 The Transitional Society | 第41-46页 |
| 3.1.1 The Birth of the American Dream | 第42-44页 |
| 3.1.2 The Roaring Twenties | 第44-46页 |
| 3.2 Dysfunctional Family | 第46-53页 |
| 3.2.1 O’Neill and Eben Influenced by their Mothers | 第48-49页 |
| 3.2.2 The Relationship between Sons and Fathers | 第49-51页 |
| 3.2.3 O’Neill Influenced by his Brother | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Four Recovery from Trauma and Aesthetic Value of TraumaticLiterature | 第53-63页 |
| 4.1 Recovery from Trauma | 第53-60页 |
| 4.1.1 Writing as a Self-therapy to Eugene O’Neill | 第54-57页 |
| 4.1.2 The Protagonists Eben and Abbie’s Way of Recovery: Self-Salvation | 第57-60页 |
| 4.2 Aesthetic Value of Traumatic Literature | 第60-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Works Cited | 第65-69页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间所发表的学术论文 | 第69-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71页 |
