| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-24页 |
| ·Iris Murdoch and Her Literary Achievements | 第12-14页 |
| ·Murdoch as a Philosopher | 第12-13页 |
| ·Murdoch as a Novelist | 第13-14页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to The Black Prince | 第14-17页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第17-22页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第17-20页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Feasibility and Significance of this Study | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Perspectives | 第24-40页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Ethical Literary Criticism | 第24-29页 |
| ·The Relation Between Ethics and Literature | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Foundation of Ethical Literary Criticism | 第25-29页 |
| ·Plato's Ethical Ideology | 第29-32页 |
| ·Platonism Incarnated in Iris Murdoch's Ethics | 第32-40页 |
| ·Eros | 第33-35页 |
| ·Arts and Ethics | 第35-36页 |
| ·Plato's Cave Myth | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Three Plato's Conception of "Eros" in The Black Prince | 第40-50页 |
| ·Plato's Conception of "Low Eros" incarnated in The Black Prince | 第41-44页 |
| ·Plato's conception of "High Eros" incarnated in The Black Prince | 第44-50页 |
| Chapter Four Plato's View of Art in The Black Prince | 第50-62页 |
| ·The Aesthetic Narration in The Black Prince | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Manifestation of Art in The Black Prince | 第53-62页 |
| Chapter Five Plato's Cave Myth incarnated in The Black Prince | 第62-74页 |
| ·The Stage of Seeing the Fire | 第62-67页 |
| ·The Image of the Fire | 第62-64页 |
| ·The Burning Fire in The Black Prince | 第64-67页 |
| ·The Stage of Seeing the Sun | 第67-74页 |
| ·The Image of the Sun | 第67-70页 |
| ·The Enlightened Sunlight in The Black Prince | 第70-74页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第74-78页 |
| References | 第78-84页 |
| 附录： 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第84页 |
