| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第13-33页 |
| Chapter one | 第33-80页 |
| 1. Embodying the Traumatic Memories of Victimization in Getting Out | 第35-62页 |
| 2. Recalling the Traumatic Memory of Maternal Loss in Traveler in the Dark | 第62-80页 |
| Chapter Two | 第80-136页 |
| 1. Lamenting Loss of Marriage and Friendship in Third and Oak | 第81-107页 |
| 2. Mourning the Western Outlaw Era in The Holdup | 第107-121页 |
| 3. Deromanticizing the Frontier Hero in Loving Daniel Boone | 第121-136页 |
| Chapter Three | 第136-174页 |
| 1. Unearthing a Past with No Self-control in 'night, Mother | 第137-153页 |
| 2. Piercing the Net of the Imaginary Past in Trudy Blue | 第153-174页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第174-179页 |
| Works Cited | 第179-190页 |
