| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第12-26页 |
| 1.1 Carson McCullers and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 第12-16页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第16-20页 |
| 1.3 An Introduction of New Historicism | 第20-25页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Statement | 第25-26页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ THE HISTORICITY OF THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER | 第26-33页 |
| 2.1 Social Reality in American South | 第26-30页 |
| 2.1.1 The Background of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 第26-28页 |
| 2.1.2 Reference to Political and Social Events in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2 Spiritual Wasteland | 第30-33页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THE TEXTUALITY OF HISTORY IN THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER | 第33-44页 |
| 3.1 The Social Ideology under Capitalism—Alienation | 第33-36页 |
| 3.2 McCullers’s Reconstruction of Human’s Existent Belief | 第36-44页 |
| 3.2.1 The Dynamic Role McCullers Plays in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 第37-40页 |
| 3.2.1.1 The Autobiographical Element | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2.1.2 The Characters’ Pursuit for Self-Identity | 第38-40页 |
| 3.2.2 The Submissive Role McCullers Plays in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 第40-44页 |
| 3.2.2.1 The Intertextuality with the Classical Works | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2.2.2 The Failure of Collectivity | 第42-44页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ SUBVERSION AND CONTAINMENT | 第44-51页 |
| 4.1 Mick as a Woman | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2 Jake as a Working-Class Man | 第46-48页 |
| 4.3 Dr. Copeland as a Black Man | 第48-51页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ CONCLUSION | 第51-53页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第53-54页 |
