| Abstract(Chinese) | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第6-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| Chapter One The Origin and Evolution of Reader-oriented Criticism | 第19-25页 |
| 1.1 Reception Theory in Germany | 第19-21页 |
| 1.2 Reader-response Criticism in America | 第21-22页 |
| 1.3 Reader-response Study in China | 第22-23页 |
| 1.4 Distinguishing Features of Reader-oriented Criticism | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Two The Convergence of the Chinese Readers and Sister Carrie | 第25-39页 |
| 2.1 A Shift to the Chinese Reader | 第25-29页 |
| 2.1.1 Identity of the Chinese Readers | 第26-27页 |
| 2.1.2 General Division of the Reading | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2 Surprised by Immorality:the Enchantment of Sister Carrie | 第29-39页 |
| 2.2.1 Conversant and Convincing Details | 第30-35页 |
| 2.2.2 Compelling Life Wisdoms | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Three The Concretization of Sister Carrie by the Chinese Readers | 第39-51页 |
| 3.1 Blanks in Sister Carrie | 第39-43页 |
| 3.2 Predominant Features of the Text | 第43-46页 |
| 3.3 Reader's Levels in the Secondary Creation of Sister Carrie | 第46-51页 |
| 3.3.1 Differentiation in the Readership of Sister Carrie | 第47-48页 |
| 3.3.2 Arguments of the General Readers | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Four Misreading and Repetitive Reading of Sister Carrie | 第51-58页 |
| 4.1 Misreading of Sister Carrie and Its Significance | 第51-54页 |
| 4.2 Necessity of Repetitive Reading of Sister Carrie | 第54-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-66页 |
