| Acknowledgements | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-10页 |
| Introduction | 第13-28页 |
| 0.1 Khaled Hosseini and The Kite Runner | 第13-16页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review | 第16-22页 |
| 0.2.1 Studies Abroad | 第16-20页 |
| 0.2.2 Studies In China | 第20-22页 |
| 0.3 About the Myth-archetypal Criticism | 第22-25页 |
| 0.4 Innovation of the Thesis | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 1 The Archetypal Myth: Shahnamah | 第28-32页 |
| 1.1 About the Persian Epic Shahnamah | 第28-30页 |
| 1.2 Rostam and Sohrab: the Most Important Story in Shahnamah | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 2 The Archetypal Characterization | 第32-50页 |
| 2.1 Baba: The Great Warrior Rostam in Shahnamah | 第33-37页 |
| 2.1.1 Baba: His Glamour as the Warrior Rostam | 第33-35页 |
| 2.1.2 Baba: His Flaws as the Warrior Rostam | 第35-37页 |
| 2.2 Amir's Paradoxical Identity | 第37-41页 |
| 2.2.1 Amir: The Father-questing Sohrab | 第37-38页 |
| 2.2.2 Amir: The King Kay Kavus | 第38-39页 |
| 2.2.3 Amir Grown-up:The Warrior Rostam | 第39-41页 |
| 2.3 Hassan: The Warrior Sohrab | 第41-46页 |
| 2.3.1 Hassan: His Virtues as the Warrior Sohrab | 第41-43页 |
| 2.3.2 Hassan: His Tragedy as the Warrior Sohrab | 第43-46页 |
| 2.4 Assef: "Ahriman" the Demonic Image | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter 3 The Myth-archetype and Creating Motives | 第50-61页 |
| 3.1 Father-son Relationships | 第50-54页 |
| 3.1.1 The Archetypal Father and Son: Baba and Amir | 第51-52页 |
| 3.1.2 The Tragic Father-son Relations: Baba and Hassan | 第52-54页 |
| 3.2 The Ethical Choice between Good and Evil | 第54-58页 |
| 3.2.1 The Archetypal "Paradigm of Revenge" | 第54-55页 |
| 3.2.2 The Demonic Image: Ahriman and its Temptation | 第55-57页 |
| 3.2.3 The Complexity of Good and Evil: Towards Maturity | 第57-58页 |
| 3.3 The Relations of Different Ethnicities | 第58-61页 |
| Conclusion | 第61-62页 |
| Notes | 第62-63页 |
| Works Cited | 第63-67页 |
