| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter1 Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| ·Significance of this study | 第11页 |
| ·Innovation and difficulties in the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The framework of this study | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter2 Literature Review | 第13-25页 |
| ·Attitudes towards death | 第13-15页 |
| ·Theoretical basis | 第15-25页 |
| ·The definition of structuralism | 第16页 |
| ·The typical representatives of structuralism | 第16-17页 |
| ·Background of structuralism | 第17-23页 |
| ·Reactions to structuralism | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter3 Different Funeral Rituals between Chinese and Western Culture | 第25-37页 |
| ·Conceptions related to funerals | 第25-27页 |
| ·Funeral | 第25页 |
| ·The function of funeral | 第25-26页 |
| ·General types of funeral rituals | 第26-27页 |
| ·Different aspects of funeral ritual between China and Western Countries | 第27-34页 |
| ·The color of mourning clothes | 第27页 |
| ·Funeral tools | 第27-28页 |
| ·Ceremony | 第28-30页 |
| ·Cry | 第30-31页 |
| ·Present-giving culture | 第31页 |
| ·Gravestone epitaphs | 第31-33页 |
| ·Obituary | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter4 Comparative Analysis of the Views Toward Life and Death in Chinese and Western Cultures | 第37-50页 |
| ·Attitudes towards life and death in Chinese and Western cultures | 第37-39页 |
| ·Attitudes towards individual life | 第37-38页 |
| ·Attitudes towards life | 第38页 |
| ·Attitudes towards death | 第38-39页 |
| ·Philosophic analysis | 第39-43页 |
| ·Western philosophic views | 第39-41页 |
| ·Chinese Confucian philosophic views | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| ·Religious analysis | 第43-46页 |
| ·Western funeral characterized by Christian style | 第43-44页 |
| ·Chinese funeral influenced by Multi-religion | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| ·Cultural analysis | 第46-50页 |
| ·Views of death and life in Western culture—the final aim of life is to die | 第46-47页 |
| ·Views of death and life in Chinese culture—facing death and living | 第47-48页 |
| ·Critical view | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter5 Conclusions | 第50-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-56页 |
| Papers Published During 2008-2011 | 第56页 |
