| Acknowledgments | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract in English | 第10-13页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第16-32页 |
| ·A Brief Account of Doris Lessing and her Major Works | 第16-25页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Doris Lessing | 第16-22页 |
| ·Doris Lessing's Major Works | 第22-24页 |
| ·Doris Lessing's Critical Reception | 第24-25页 |
| ·A Brief Account of R.D. Laing | 第25-29页 |
| ·R.D. Laing and his Theory | 第25-28页 |
| ·R.D. Laing's Critical Reception | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Thesis | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第32-44页 |
| ·International Studies on The Grass Is Singing | 第32-40页 |
| ·International Studies on the Themes and Characters | 第33-34页 |
| ·International Studies on the Aesthetics and Narrative Techniques of The Grass Is Singing | 第34-35页 |
| ·International Studies on the Theoretical Approaches of Interpreting The Grass Is Singing | 第35-40页 |
| ·Critical Comments | 第40页 |
| ·Domestic Studies on The Grass Is Singing | 第40-44页 |
| ·Domestic Studies on The Grass Is Singing from Different Perspectives | 第41-42页 |
| ·Domestic Studies on The Grass Is Singing from the Psychological Perspective | 第42-43页 |
| ·Critical Comments | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第44-57页 |
| ·R.D. Laing's Ideological Origins | 第45-46页 |
| ·Laing and Sigmund Freud | 第45-46页 |
| ·Laing and Existentialism | 第46页 |
| ·A General Survey of Laing's Theory on Schizophrenia | 第46-48页 |
| ·Major Inducements of Schizophrenia in Laing's Theory | 第48-57页 |
| ·External Factor: Society and Family | 第48-50页 |
| ·Internal Factors: "Ontological Insecurity" | 第50-54页 |
| ·Internal Factors: Split Self | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Four Laing's Theory on Schizophrenia Embodied in The Grass Is Singing | 第57-90页 |
| ·Doris Lessing's The Grass Is Singing and R.D. Laing's Theory | 第58-65页 |
| ·Doris Lessing and R.D. Laing | 第58-61页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to The Grass Is Singing | 第61-65页 |
| ·Critical Reception | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Title, the Tone, the Characters and the Plot | 第62-65页 |
| ·Lessing's Response to the Reviews of The Grass Is Singing | 第65页 |
| ·Mary's Tragedy in The Grass Is Singing and R.D. Laing's Theory | 第65-90页 |
| ·Correspondences between the Inducements of Mary's Tragedy and Laing's theory | 第65-72页 |
| ·External Factors of Mary's Tragedy: the Milieu | 第66-70页 |
| ·External Factors of Mary's Tragedy: her Family | 第70-72页 |
| ·Resonances between the Internal Factors of Mary's Mental Breakdown and Laing's Theory on Schizophrenia | 第72-90页 |
| ·Mary's Childhood, Adulthood, and her "Ontological Insecurity" | 第72-77页 |
| ·Mary's Marriage and Split Self | 第77-80页 |
| ·Mary's Antipathy towards the Native and Psychic Split | 第80-84页 |
| ·Mary's Distorted Dreams and her Mental Breakdown | 第84-90页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第90-94页 |
| Bibliography | 第94-99页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Papers and Books Published during My Postgraduate Program | 第99页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Certificate of Honor | 第99页 |
