| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 A General Review of the Novel | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 A Life with Swerving Ups and Downs | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Freedom in the Eyes of Stephen Dedalus | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 An Alienated Figure of Contradictions | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Stephen Dedalus, a Connotative Name Full of Symbolism | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Application of Epiphany & the Stream of Consciousness- | 第17-24页 |
| 2.1 Epiphany, a Sudden Revelation of Stephen’s Pursuit in Life | 第17-20页 |
| 2.1.1 Secular Prostitute versus Divine Mary | 第18页 |
| 2.1.2 Loathing Hell versus Unavoidable Punishment | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.3 Wading Girl versus Artistic Destiny | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2 Stream of Consciousness, a Portrayal of Stephen’s Disconnected Psyche | 第20-24页 |
| 2.2.1 Lack of Order, a General State of Interior Movements | 第21页 |
| 2.2.2 Logical Depiction of Stephen’s Fragmented Mind | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.3 Flashback of the Play Scene, an Example of the Stream of Consciousness | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Catholic Religion, a Net that Gradually Loses its Authority | 第24-38页 |
| 3.1 Unquestioning Obedience in Stephen’s Early Childhood | 第26页 |
| 3.2 Growing Doubts after the Undeserved Punishment | 第26-28页 |
| 3.3 Undeniable Sense of Guilt and Fear of Retribution | 第28-30页 |
| 3.4 Repentance and Return, an Involuntary Surrender to Religious Authority | 第30-32页 |
| 3.5 An Increasingly Obvious Distance between Stephen and the Jesuit Order | 第32-34页 |
| 3.6 Wading Girl —— A Determinant in Breaking up the Religious Tie | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Family, a Net that can Hardly be a Harbor of Refuge | 第38-47页 |
| 4.1 Deteriorating Finances versus Increasing Self-consciousness | 第38-39页 |
| 4.2 Growing Strangeness and Declining Intimacy between Father and Son | 第39-42页 |
| 4.2.1 The Hypocritical Side of Simon Dedalus | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2.2 The Coward Side of Simon Dedalus | 第41-42页 |
| 4.3 An Equally Distant Relationship between Mother and Son | 第42-47页 |
| 4.3.1 Mary Dedalus, a Dutiful Mother yet More a Devoted Catholic | 第43页 |
| 4.3.2 Mary’s Incapability in Influencing Stephen’s Spiritual World | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter 5 Nation, a Net that Disillusions the Young Artist | 第47-51页 |
| 5.1 Conflict Arising from Two Political Views | 第47-48页 |
| 5.2 Ireland, a Country at the Mercy of Outsiders | 第48-49页 |
| 5.3 Shaping of Stephen’s Independent Political Opinion | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter 6 Implications by Selecting a Lonely Road | 第51-54页 |
| 6.1 Prices Inevitably Paid for the Pursuit of Freedom | 第51-53页 |
| 6.2 Escapism, a Temporary Resort with an Uncertain Prospect | 第53-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
