| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-9页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第9-17页 |
| CHAPTER I THEORY OF FICTION | 第17-26页 |
| 1．1． Selection and Intention | 第17-20页 |
| 1．1．1 Selection of Subjects | 第17-18页 |
| 1．1．2 Selection of Illuminating Incidents | 第18-20页 |
| 1．2 Transmutation and Objectivity | 第20-23页 |
| 1．3 Tradition and Originality | 第23-26页 |
| CHAPTER II THEORY OF CRITICISM | 第26-34页 |
| 2．1 Indispensability of Criticism | 第26-27页 |
| 2．2 Function of Criticism | 第27-30页 |
| 2．3 Desirable Reading | 第30-31页 |
| 2．4 Permanent Values in Fiction | 第31-34页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORY IN PRACTICE: A STUDY OF THE HOUSE OF MIRTH | 第34-59页 |
| 3．1 What has Edith Wharton Tried to Represent in Mirth? | 第34-36页 |
| 3．2 How far has she succeeded? | 第36-57页 |
| 3．2．1 Selection and Intention | 第37-39页 |
| 3．2．2 Transmutation and Objectivity | 第39-50页 |
| 3．2．3 Inheritance and Originality | 第50-57页 |
| 3．3 Is the Subject Chosen Worth Representing? | 第57-59页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第59-61页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第61-63页 |
