| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-27页 |
| ·Authors and Their Representative Works | 第11-13页 |
| ·Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie | 第11-12页 |
| ·Francis Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby | 第12页 |
| ·Sinclair Lewis and Babbitt | 第12-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-21页 |
| ·Studies of Sister Carrie Abroad and at Home | 第13-15页 |
| ·Studies of The Great Gatsby Abroad and at Home | 第15-17页 |
| ·Studies of Babbitt Abroad and at Home | 第17-19页 |
| ·A Short Summary | 第19-21页 |
| ·Theoretical Perspective | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Theory of Consumer Culture and Consumer Society | 第21-23页 |
| ·Critical Approach-New Historicism | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Framework of This Thesis | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Two THE FIRST FEATURE OF CONSUMER HEROES:POSSESSING AND CONSUMING COMMODITIES | 第27-33页 |
| ·Sister Carrie·s Obsessive Consuming of Goods | 第27-29页 |
| ·Gatsby·s Excessive Questing in Commodity | 第29-31页 |
| ·Babbitt·s Possessive Appeal to Merchandise | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three THE SECOND FEATURE OF CONSUMER HEROES: CONSUMING FOR SOCIAL STATUS | 第33-43页 |
| ·Sign Consumption and Conspicuous Consumption Embodied by Carrie, Gatsby and Babbitt | 第33-39页 |
| ·Standard Consumption and Pecuniary Emulation Manifested in Carrie, Gatsby and Babbitt | 第39-43页 |
| Chapter Four THE THIRD FEATURE OF CONSUMER HEROES:ENDLESS DESPAIR | 第43-53页 |
| ·Sister Carrie·s Insatiable Happiness | 第43-46页 |
| ·Gatsby·s Shattered Dream | 第46-48页 |
| ·Babbitt·s lost self | 第48-53页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第53-57页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第57-61页 |
| 附录：作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第61页 |
