| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-21页 |
| 0.1 Oates and The Tattooed Girl | 第10-13页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review | 第13-16页 |
| 0.3 Theories on Community | 第16-19页 |
| 0.4 Outline of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter One Community: The Real and the Voluntary | 第21-30页 |
| 1.1 Community as Real Ghetto: Erosion and Decay | 第22-25页 |
| 1.2 Community as Voluntary Ghetto: Segregation and Exclusion | 第25-30页 |
| Chapter Two Immanetism as Basis of Community | 第30-39页 |
| 2.1 Filial Piety as Moral Basis | 第31-35页 |
| 2.2 Seigl's Identity Writing as Discursive Basis | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Three Autoimmunity as (il)Logic of Community | 第39-47页 |
| 3.1 Jet and Her Suicidal "Justice" | 第40-43页 |
| 3.2 Seigl's Hospitality as Possible Cure | 第43-47页 |
| Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Works Cited | 第49-52页 |
