| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-14页 |
| Chapter One Thomas Hardy and Existentialism | 第14-27页 |
| ·The Themes of Existential Literature | 第14-17页 |
| ·Thomas Hardy as an Existential Thinker | 第17-27页 |
| Chapter Two Casterbridge: An Alienated World | 第27-39页 |
| ·The Alienated Relation Between Man and Nature | 第27-30页 |
| ·The Alienated Relation Between Man and Society | 第30-39页 |
| Chapter Three Casterbridge: Estrangement and Despair | 第39-49页 |
| ·Michael and Susan Henchard: the Cash-Nexus Marriage | 第39-43页 |
| ·Donald Farfrae: An Estranged Businessman | 第43-46页 |
| ·Lucetta Templeman: Entrapped Between Feudalism and Capitalism | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Four Casterbridge: Search for Self-Realization | 第49-62页 |
| ·Two Bridges: The Symbols of Authenticity and Inauthenticity of Existence | 第51-53页 |
| ·Michael Henchard: The Impossibility of Self-Realization | 第53-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68页 |
