| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| Chapter One Dreiser, Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Publication of Freud's Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming | 第19页 |
| ·Creative Writing and Day-Dreaming | 第19-22页 |
| ·Children's Play, Phantasying and Day-Dreaming | 第20-21页 |
| ·Creative Writing, Phantasying and Day-Dreaming | 第21-22页 |
| ·Dreiser as a Creative Writer | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter Two Sister Carrie—Dreiser's Illusion about American Dream | 第27-40页 |
| ·Carrie—Dreiser's Dream Self of the Opposite Sex | 第27-35页 |
| ·Carrie's Craving for Material Comforts as Dreiser's | 第27-30页 |
| ·Carrie's Successful Quest for Her Dream in Contrast to Dreiser's Frustrations | 第30-35页 |
| ·Dreiser's Creative Motive in Sister Carrie | 第35-40页 |
| Chapter Three An American Tragedy—Dreiser's Disillusion about American Dream | 第40-54页 |
| ·Clyde—Dreiser's Nightmare Self | 第40-49页 |
| ·Clyde's Poor Family Background as Dreiser's | 第40-44页 |
| ·Clyde's Pleasure Seeking Behaviors as Dreiser's | 第44-46页 |
| ·Clyde's Tragedy in Pursuit of His Dream Compared with Dreiser's Journey to His Dream | 第46-49页 |
| ·Dreiser's Creative Motive in An American Tragedy | 第49-54页 |
| Chapter Four The Transformation of Dreiser's Attitudes toward American Society | 第54-60页 |
| ·Positive Attitude toward American Society in Sister Carrie | 第54-56页 |
| ·Discontent with the Corrupt American Society | 第56-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| References | 第63-65页 |
