| Acknowledgments | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-17页 |
| Chapter 1 The Ceremony within the Play in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 第17-25页 |
| 1.1 The Ceremony within the Acts: the Ritualistic Quality of the Plot | 第17-19页 |
| 1.2 The Ritual of Exorcism | 第19-22页 |
| 1.3 Driving out Fear and Illusion | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Role-Playing within the Role in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 第25-37页 |
| 2.1 George and Martha’s Voluntary Role-Playing within the Role | 第26-31页 |
| 2.2 The Incarnation of American Dream: Nick | 第31-33页 |
| 2.3 Denying the Validity of Illusion | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Real-Life and Literary Reference within the Play in Who’s Afraid ofVirginia Woolf? | 第37-48页 |
| 3.1 Metadramatic Literary Reference in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 第39-42页 |
| 3.2 Metadramatic Real-Life Reference in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 第42-45页 |
| 3.3 Realizing the Danger of Illusion | 第45-48页 |
| Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
