| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| Chapter One Wister's Western Mythology | 第15-24页 |
| A. Wister's West | 第15-18页 |
| B. American Tradition of Myth-Making of the West | 第18-22页 |
| C. Owen Wister’s Myth- Making Background | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two New Western Civilization Demonstrated by Virginian | 第24-33页 |
| A. The West is the Meeting Point Between Civilization and Savagery | 第24-31页 |
| B. Framing the Cowboy Image and the New Western Civilization | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Wister as a Myth Maker of the West and its Embodiments in The Virginian | 第33-47页 |
| A. Wister: The Myth Embodied in The Virginian | 第33-38页 |
| B. Virginian: Presentation of the New American Civilization | 第38-47页 |
| Chapter Four Cultural Conflict and Romance of Cowboy in the West | 第47-55页 |
| A. Cowboy's Romance in the West | 第47-50页 |
| B. The Hero and the Schoolmarm: A Transcultural Union | 第50-52页 |
| C. Wister’s Myth of Land Ignored the Roles of Women | 第52-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Works Cited | 第57-58页 |
