| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-11页 |
| CHAPTER l INTRODUCTION | 第11-17页 |
| ·The Introduction to Jean Rhys and Wide Sargasso Sea | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Literature Review on the Study of Jean Rhys and Her Novel | 第14-17页 |
| CHAPTER 2 THE THEORY OF THE STUDY | 第17-26页 |
| ·Introduction to Existentialism | 第17-21页 |
| ·Background and Development of Existentialism | 第18-20页 |
| ·Representatives of Existentialism and Their Basic Thoughts | 第20-21页 |
| ·Sartre's Concepts of Existentialism | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Influence of Existentialism on English Literature | 第24-26页 |
| CHAPTER 3 EXISTENTLALIST ELEMENTS IN WIDE SARGASSO SEA | 第26-50页 |
| ·Sense of Alienation and Isolation | 第27-35页 |
| ·Antoinette's Sense of Alienation and Isolation | 第27-32页 |
| ·Rochester's Sense of Alienation and Isolation | 第32-35页 |
| ·Hell and the Other | 第35-40页 |
| ·Search for Selflhood | 第40-46页 |
| ·Antoinette's Ambiguous Identity | 第40-44页 |
| ·Antoinette's Search for Identity | 第44-46页 |
| ·Search for Freedom | 第46-50页 |
| CHAPTER 4 THE EXISTENTIALIST ENDING OF PROTAGONISTS | 第50-62页 |
| ·Antoinettes's Existentialist Ending | 第51-58页 |
| ·Suffering as the Essence of Life | 第51-54页 |
| ·Antoinette's Choice—Inevitable Suicide,Spirit Rebirth | 第54-58页 |
| ·Rochester's Suffering and His Choice—Spiritual Loser | 第58-62页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION | 第62-64页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第64-65页 |
