| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-8页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| ·Introduction to Saul Bellow and his works | 第8-9页 |
| ·Literature review | 第9-11页 |
| ·The significance and structure of the thesis | 第11-13页 |
| 2.The Sources of Saul Bellow's View of Ethics | 第13-21页 |
| ·The influence of Saul Bellow's Jewish background | 第13-15页 |
| ·The influence of Judaism | 第13-14页 |
| ·The influence of Jewish literature | 第14-15页 |
| ·The influence of American literary tradition | 第15-18页 |
| ·The influence of Existentialism | 第18-21页 |
| 3.Saul Bellow's View of Ethics | 第21-26页 |
| ·An attack on literature prophets of doom | 第21-22页 |
| ·The task of writers | 第22-24页 |
| ·Views on the nobility of human beings | 第24-26页 |
| 4.Saul Bellow's View of Ethics Shown in His Works | 第26-42页 |
| ·Affirmation of meaningful individual life | 第26-33页 |
| ·A quest for existence | 第26-29页 |
| ·A quest for a meaningful life | 第29-33页 |
| ·Affirmation of the transformation of the alienated heroes | 第33-42页 |
| ·Cenfrontation with reality | 第33-37页 |
| ·Reintegration into society | 第37-42页 |
| 5.Conclusion | 第42-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-46页 |