| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第13-21页 |
| 1.1 Studies on Literary Impressionism | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1.1 Development of Impressionism: from Painting to Literature | 第13-16页 |
| 1.1.2 Viewpoints of Literary Impressionism | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Studies on My Antonia | 第17-20页 |
| 1.2.1 Studies on Characters in the Novel | 第18页 |
| 1.2.2 Studies on Theoretical Perspectives in the Novel | 第18-20页 |
| 1.2.3 Studies on Thematic Matters in the Novel | 第20页 |
| 1.3 Summary | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Two Impressionistic Subjectivity as the Essence of the Novel | 第21-31页 |
| 2.1 A Memory Novel | 第21-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Aesthetic Memory | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.2 Mechanical Time and Human Time | 第23-26页 |
| 2.2 Personal Emotion | 第26-30页 |
| 2.2.1 The Presentation of Personal Emotion in the Novel | 第26-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Impressions as the Flow of Emotion | 第28-30页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three Impressionistic Presentation of Light and Color | 第31-38页 |
| 3.1 Light and Color in Impressionistic Painting | 第31-33页 |
| 3.1.1 The Mother-child Relationship between Light and Color | 第31-32页 |
| 3.1.2 The Subjective Use of Color | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2 Light and Color in My Antonia | 第33-37页 |
| 3.2.1 The Use of Light and Color in the Novel | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2.2 The Function of the Use of Light and Color | 第35-37页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four Three Impressionistic Narrative Techniques | 第38-50页 |
| 4.1 Fragments | 第38-42页 |
| 4.1.1 The Fragmental Structure of the Novel | 第38-40页 |
| 4.1.2 The Wholeness Created by Fragments | 第40-42页 |
| 4.2 Juxtaposition | 第42-45页 |
| 4.2.1 Juxtaposition in the Novel | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2.2 Juxtaposition as a Means of Spatializing Fictional Structure | 第44-45页 |
| 4.3 Repetition | 第45-48页 |
| 4.3.1 Repetition in the Novel | 第46-47页 |
| 4.3.2 The Use of Repetition to Suggest Meanings’ Variety | 第47-48页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-55页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第55-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56页 |
