| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第12-23页 |
| Chapter One PERIODIC STYLE AND HENRY JAMES’ EXPERIENCE OF UNCERTAINTY IN LIFE | 第23-44页 |
| ·The Screen Effects in the Beginning Parts | 第23-34页 |
| ·Mystery on the First Appearances of the Protagnists | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Uncertainty of Characters' Destiny | 第27-34页 |
| ·Discontinuity of the Narrators’ Flows of thought | 第34-44页 |
| ·Wandering Minds and Introspective Consciousness | 第34-37页 |
| ·Retrospection and Unsettled Dialogues | 第37-44页 |
| Chapter Two PERIODIC STYLE AND HENRY JAMES’ OBSERVATION OF ALIENATION BETWEEN PEOPLE | 第44-62页 |
| ·Communication Gap between Fathers and Daughters | 第44-51页 |
| ·Inarticulateness of Daughters in Front of Their Fathers | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Cognitive Metaphor of the Inarticulateness of the Female Characters | 第47-51页 |
| ·The Breaches between Lovers and the Symbolic Themes | 第51-62页 |
| ·The Inner Struggles of the Male Characters | 第51-58页 |
| ·Estrangement between Husbands and Wives or Lovers | 第58-62页 |
| Chapter Three PERIOD STYLE AND HENRY JAMES’ SUGGESTION OF PEOPLE’S DISILLUSIONMENT | 第62-78页 |
| ·The Disillusionment of Idealistic Marriage | 第63-70页 |
| ·The Female Characters’ Tragic Destinies Caused by Failed Marriage | 第63-67页 |
| ·The Male Characters’ Loss of Self-identity or Turbulence in Mind | 第67-70页 |
| ·The Disillusionment of Self-actualization | 第70-78页 |
| ·The Female Characters’ Doubt of Their Personal Values | 第71-74页 |
| ·The Male Characters’ Obstacle in Self-recognition | 第74-78页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第78-83页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第83-85页 |
