| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第10-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Hawthorne's Contribution to American Literature | 第11-12页 |
| ·Puritanism and Its Influence on Hawthorne | 第12-14页 |
| ·Hawthorne's Family History of Curse | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Plot of The House of the Seven Gables | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-23页 |
| ·International Researches | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Critical Reception in Hawthorne's Lifetime and Early Times | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Critical Reception in Modern Times | 第19-20页 |
| ·Domestic Researches | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Focus of This Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three Relevant Theory | 第23-28页 |
| ·General Introduction to Archetypal Criticism | 第23-24页 |
| ·Northrop Frye's Theory of Archetypal Criticism | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Four The Curse in The House of the Seven Gables | 第28-56页 |
| ·Curse Archetypes in the Bible | 第28-32页 |
| ·Correspondences between the Story of Adam and Eve and The House of the Seven Gables and Displacements | 第28-31页 |
| ·Correspondences between the Story of "Naboth's Vineyard" and The House of the Seven Gables and Displacements | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Curse upon Pyncheon Family | 第32-39页 |
| ·The Curse Coming as the Punishment of Colonel Pyncheon's Wrongdoings | 第33页 |
| ·Gervayse Pyncheon's Greed and Ambition | 第33-35页 |
| ·Judge Pyncheon's Greed, Cruelty and Hypocrisy | 第35-37页 |
| ·Isolation and Alienation of Hepzibah and Clifford | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Curse upon Maule Family | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Younger Matthew Maule's Revenge | 第39-41页 |
| ·Loss of Family Identity of Holgrave | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Essence of the Curse | 第43-46页 |
| ·God's Justice and Pyncheon Family's Sin | 第43-44页 |
| ·Hawthorne's View towards Moral | 第44-45页 |
| ·God's Redemption and the Release of Pyncheon Family from the Curse | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Release of the Curse | 第46-56页 |
| ·Redemptive Reunion of Two Families | 第46-48页 |
| ·Regeneration of the House of the Seven Gables | 第48-50页 |
| ·Return of the Garden of Eden | 第50-52页 |
| ·Rebirth of Hepzibah and Clifford | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| References | 第59-63页 |
| Appendix 攻读学位期间发表的论文和研究成果 | 第63页 |
