| 摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Introduction | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review of J. C. Oates and Her Works | 第9-14页 |
| 1.1 Overseas and Domestic Critical Reception | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Research on Oates’s Tragic Novels and Angel of Light | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two The Tragic Factors in Angel of Light | 第14-31页 |
| 2.1 Factors of Unsound Personality | 第14-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Excessive Kindness and Timidity of Maurie | 第14-15页 |
| 2.1.2 Selfishness of Isabel | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.3 Thoughtlessness and Impulsivity of the Children | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Factors of Unharmonious Family Relationship | 第18-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Alienation between Husband and Wife | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Estrangement between Mother and Children | 第21-25页 |
| 2.3 Factors of Unstable Social Environment | 第25-31页 |
| 2.3.1 Turbulence of 1960s | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3.2 Drawbacks of Education | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Three The Artistic Techniques to Reveal the Tragedy in Angel of Light | 第31-40页 |
| 3.1 Repetition and its Tragic Expression | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 Violence Narration and its Tragic Expression | 第32-33页 |
| 3.3 Irony and its Tragic Expression | 第33-36页 |
| 3.3.1 Irony of the Title of the Novel and Names of the Characters | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.2 Irony of the Doves | 第35-36页 |
| 3.4 Contrast of Plot Arrangement and its Tragic Expression | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Four The Tragic Spirit and Transcendence in Angel of Light | 第40-53页 |
| 4.1 Two Angels’ Tragic Spirit | 第40-44页 |
| 4.2 Isabel’s Transcendence in the Tragedy | 第44-49页 |
| 4.2.1 Dauntless Resistance to Suppression | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2.2 Persistent Pursuit of Lust | 第47-49页 |
| 4.3 Resurgence of Humanity | 第49-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| Works Cited | 第55-58页 |
| Achievements | 第58-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59-60页 |
