| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第9-19页 |
| ·A Brief Evaluation of Walter Benjamin | 第9-10页 |
| ·An Introduction to Walter Benjamin's life and His Works | 第10-15页 |
| ·An Overview on The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction | 第15-17页 |
| ·Different Interpretations on The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two UNDERSTANDING AURA | 第19-31页 |
| ·Tradition and Aura | 第19-22页 |
| ·Benjamin's indebtedness to tradition | 第19-20页 |
| ·Aura, intersubjectivity of human and the world | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Decay of Aura | 第22-27页 |
| ·The aura of works of art | 第22-25页 |
| ·Aura and politics | 第25-27页 |
| ·Return to Tradition | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Three REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS FUNCTION IN ART PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION | 第31-43页 |
| ·Benjamin's Review on The Reproductive Technology | 第31-32页 |
| ·Photography and Film | 第32-39页 |
| ·Function of photography | 第32-33页 |
| ·Function of film | 第33-39页 |
| ·Reproduction in Modern Age | 第39-43页 |
| Chapter Four MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION AND MASS CULTURE | 第43-52页 |
| ·The Meaning of Mechanical Reproduction | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Influence of Brecht and Avant-Garde | 第45-48页 |
| ·Adorno's Criticism on Mass Culture | 第48-50页 |
| ·Comments on the Disputes | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第52-54页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第54页 |
