| Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| Chapter One “Get on in the World”-A Historical Perspective | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter Two The Element of Bildungsroman in Sherwood Anderson’s Fiction | 第17-33页 |
| Initiation Story | 第18-22页 |
| Content of Growth | 第22-25页 |
| Different Manifestations of Growth in Anderson’s Short Fiction and Novel | 第25-26页 |
| Essence of Growth | 第26-28页 |
| Results of the Conflict of the Two Worlds | 第28-30页 |
| Archetype of the Initiation Story | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man-Analysis of George Willard’s Growth | 第33-44页 |
| Capacity for Growth | 第35-36页 |
| Talent with and Respect for Language | 第36-38页 |
| Involvement and Detachment | 第38-39页 |
| Active Imagination | 第39-40页 |
| Escape from the Disease of Self | 第40-42页 |
| Understanding of Life | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four Reasons for Portrait of Youth and Cultural Discussion ofBildungsroman | 第44-51页 |
| Reasons for Portrait of Youth | 第44-48页 |
| Cultural Discussion of the Initiation Story | 第48-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Books by Sherwood Anderson | 第53-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-55页 |
