| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to George Eliot and Her Middlemarch | 第8-12页 |
| 1.2 The Creativity and Significance of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-20页 |
| 2.1 Studies Abroad | 第14-17页 |
| 2.2 Studies at Home | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第20-27页 |
| 3.1 The Definition of Myth and Archetype | 第20-21页 |
| 3.2 The Development of Myth-archetypal Criticism | 第21-25页 |
| 3.3 The Feasibility of Frye’s Myth-archetypal Criticism on Middlemarch | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Four Archetypal Characters in Middlemarch | 第27-35页 |
| 4.1 Antigone and Ariadne: the Archetype of Dorothea | 第27-30页 |
| 4.1.1 Dorothea as Antigone: Her Spiritual Adherence to Christianity | 第27-29页 |
| 4.1.2 Dorothea as Ariadne: Her Forsaken Plight in Rome | 第29-30页 |
| 4.2 Heracles: the Archetype of Lydgate | 第30-35页 |
| 4.2.1 Lydgate’s Ability and Courage in His Medical Cause as Heracles | 第30-32页 |
| 4.2.2 Lydgate’s Choice and His impetuous Disposition as Heracles | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Five Archetypal Mythoi in Middlemarch | 第35-48页 |
| 5.1 Mythos of Romance in Middlemarch: Dorothea’s Quest for love | 第35-41页 |
| 5.1.1 The Conflict between Dorothea’s Love and Casaubon’s Coldness | 第35-37页 |
| 5.1.2 Dorothea’s Struggle in Her Marriage | 第37-40页 |
| 5.1.3 Dorothea’s Discovery from Realistic Life | 第40-41页 |
| 5.2 Mythos of Tragedy in Middlemarch: Lydgate’s Loss of Identity | 第41-48页 |
| 5.2.1 Lydgate’s Fall through Hybris | 第42-44页 |
| 5.2.2 Lydgate’s Aphasia from Rosamond’s Negation | 第44-45页 |
| 5.2.3 Lydgate’s Exile from Middlemarch | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| References | 第51-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54-55页 |
