| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| ·A General Review on Charles Dickens | 第8-10页 |
| ·John Foster’s Biographical Record of Dickens’s Boyhood Trauma | 第10-11页 |
| ·ACritical Survey on Dickens’s Works in Relation to His Boyhood Trauma | 第11-13页 |
| ·Purpose of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two The Essential Impact of the Traumatic Experience on Dickens | 第15-23页 |
| ·The Impact of the Father-son Relationship on Young Dickens | 第15-18页 |
| ·Warren’s Blacking: A Permanent Symbol for Abandonment and Humiliation | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Core of the Trauma | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Three Writing As a Self-treatment | 第23-32页 |
| ·A General Psychoanalytical Analysis of the Self-treatment Process | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Defense Mechanisms at Work | 第25-27页 |
| ·Post-trauma Reconciliation | 第27-29页 |
| ·Sublimation—Writing as a Way of Self-treatment | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Four A Detailed Analysis of the Traumatic Impact on the Creation of Dickens’s Three Boy Images | 第32-46页 |
| ·A General Comparison of the Three Boy Images | 第32-35页 |
| ·The “Haunting Starvation”in Oliver Twist | 第35-39页 |
| ·The “Crying Child”in David Copperfield | 第39-42页 |
| ·The “Lost Identity”in Great Expectations | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-50页 |
