| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-9页 |
| Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION | 第9-18页 |
| A.Brief review of Jack London and his major works | 第9-13页 |
| B.Literature review | 第13-17页 |
| 1. Overseas critical reception | 第13-15页 |
| 2. Domestic studies | 第15-17页 |
| C.Thesis statement | 第17-18页 |
| Ⅱ.AN OVERVIEW OF STRUCTURALIST BINARY OPPOSITION | 第18-27页 |
| A.The principle of structuralist binary opposition | 第18-21页 |
| B.Claude Levi-Strauss' theory of "mythic matrix" | 第21-24页 |
| C. Structuralist binary opposition used in literary criticism | 第24-27页 |
| Ⅲ.BINARY OPPOSITIONS WITHIN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS | 第27-56页 |
| A.Opposing mythemes within Captain Wolf Larsen in The Sea-Wolf | 第27-34页 |
| 1. An optimist and a pessimist | 第28-30页 |
| 2. A rebel against capitalism and a supporter of capitalism | 第30-33页 |
| 3. Further interpretation of opposing mythemes by"mythic matrix" | 第33-34页 |
| B.Opposing mythemes within Humphrey Van Weyden in The Sea-Wolf | 第34-39页 |
| 1. Abominating and admiring force | 第34-37页 |
| 2. Despising and sympathizing with sailors | 第37-38页 |
| 3. Furher interpretation of opposing mythemes by"mythic matrix" | 第38-39页 |
| C.Opposing mythemes within the poetess Maud Brewster in The Sea-Wolf | 第39-43页 |
| 1. A new woman and a traditional woman | 第39-40页 |
| 2. Detesting and favoring Wolf Larsen | 第40-42页 |
| 3. Further interpretation of opposing mythemes by"mythic matrix" | 第42-43页 |
| D.Opposing mythemes within Martin Eden in Martin Eden | 第43-49页 |
| 1. Admiring and disdaining bourgeois high life | 第43-46页 |
| 2. Depreciating and cherishing lower class life | 第46-48页 |
| 3. Further interpretation of opposing mythemes by "mythic matrix | 第48-49页 |
| E. Opposing mythemes within Elam Harnish in Burning Daylight | 第49-56页 |
| 1. Sticking to pure northern values and pursuing sordid bourgeois values | 第49-52页 |
| 2. Fearing and aspiring women and love | 第52-55页 |
| 3. Further interpretation of opposing mythemes by "mythic matrix" | 第55-56页 |
| Ⅳ. BINARY OPPOSITIONS BETWEEN CHARACTERS | 第56-73页 |
| A. Opposing mythemes between Wolf Larsen and Humphrey Van Weyden in The Sea-Wolf | 第56-64页 |
| 1. Savagery and elegance | 第56-61页 |
| 2. Realism and idealism | 第61-63页 |
| 3. Further interpretation of opposing mythemes by "mythic matrix" | 第63-64页 |
| B. Opposing mythemes between Martin Eden and Ruth Morse in Martin Eden | 第64-68页 |
| 1. Lower class and upper class | 第64-66页 |
| 2. Masculinity and femininity | 第66-68页 |
| 3. Further interpretation of opposing mythemes by "mythic matrix" | 第68页 |
| C. Opposing mythemes between Elam Harnish and Dede Mason in Burning Daylight | 第68-73页 |
| Ⅴ. ORIGINS OF BINARY OPPOSITION IN JACK LONDON'S NOVELS | 第73-78页 |
| A. London's split in self-identity | 第73-75页 |
| B. The collision of diverse European philosophies | 第75-78页 |
| Ⅵ. CONCLUSION | 第78-81页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第81-84页 |
