| Abbreviations | 第1-5页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第5-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-13页 |
| 摘要 | 第13-17页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第17-19页 |
| Introduction | 第19-75页 |
| Ⅰ.Vonnegut in the Critical World:Controversy and Concurrence | 第19-31页 |
| Ⅱ.Theoretical Approaches and Framework | 第31-60页 |
| Ⅲ.Kurt Vonnegut:Writing Toward Ecological Humanism | 第60-68页 |
| Ⅳ.Structure of the Dissertation | 第68-75页 |
| Chapter one Vonnegut Revisited:In an Eeological Context | 第75-106页 |
| Ⅰ.The American Modern Environmental Movement | 第76-86页 |
| Ⅱ.An Ecological View of Vonnegut:Life and Influences | 第86-106页 |
| Chapter Two Meat-Eating:A Case of Humanity's Inhumanity | 第106-147页 |
| Ⅰ.Meat-Eating:A Moral Issue | 第108-110页 |
| Ⅱ. For the Sake of "Doodley-squat":Cruelty behind the Hamburger in Breakfast of Champions | 第110-119页 |
| Ⅲ.For the Pleasure of the Palate:Avarice and Atrocity in Hocus Pocus | 第119-130页 |
| Ⅳ.When Humans Are Hungry:Barbarity in Galapagos | 第130-147页 |
| Chapter Three Animal Companionship:A Mirror of Human Loneliness | 第147-187页 |
| Ⅰ.The Sirens of Titan:Hatred between Wife and Husband | 第152-163页 |
| Ⅱ.Breakfast of Champions:Estrangement of Father and Son | 第163-172页 |
| Ⅲ.Slapstick:Separation of Brother and Sister | 第172-187页 |
| Chapter Four Across the Species Boumdary:Dethroning the "Paragon of Animals" | 第187-221页 |
| Ⅰ.Slaughterhouse-Five:A Story of Blurred Boundaries | 第188-199页 |
| Ⅱ.Survivors in the Slaughterhouse | 第199-207页 |
| Ⅲ.The Man in the Zoo | 第207-221页 |
| Chapter Five Homecoming:Return to the Animal Kingdom-In Pursuit of Ecological Integrity | 第221-251页 |
| Ⅰ.The Sirens of Titan:Flying with the Bluebirds | 第224-237页 |
| Ⅱ.Galapagos:Farewell,Big Brain | 第237-251页 |
| Conclusion | 第251-259页 |
| Works Cited | 第259-275页 |
