| Acknowledgment | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第9-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter One From the Tragic Drama to the Tragic Novel | 第15-22页 |
| ·Tragic Novel—the Need of the Age | 第15-18页 |
| ·Thomas Hardy—Inheritor of the Classical Tragic Theory | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Two The plot—An Exquisite Transplantation of Aristotlian Tragedy | 第22-46页 |
| ·Unity of Action---the Coherent Focus on the Tragic Story | 第23-30页 |
| ·Reversal of Situation and Recognition—an Intensified Tragic Experience | 第30-40页 |
| ·Coincidences—Demons Lurking to Devour the Tragic Figures | 第40-46页 |
| Chapter Three Chorus and Supernatural Atmosphere—the Classical Inheritance of the Stage Decorations | 第46-56页 |
| ·Chorus—the Wessex Farmers | 第46-50页 |
| ·Supernatural Atmosphere—Theatrical Distances To Create Tragic Effects | 第50-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-61页 |
