| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACTS | 第6-10页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| 2 The complex of love tragedies | 第15-77页 |
| ·Tragic Characteristics | 第15-21页 |
| ·Factors or reasons that cause the complex of love tragedies | 第21-77页 |
| ·Social background and its influence on the love tragedies | 第21-29页 |
| ·Unconventional type of love leads to love tragedies | 第29-44页 |
| ·The author's unconventional preference to lesbian and the impact on the design of the plots of love tragedies | 第30-36页 |
| ·The influence of Cather's unconventional love preference on the characters and their complex of love tragedies proved by 'point of view' | 第36-44页 |
| ·The complex of love tragedies proved through the view of psychology | 第44-48页 |
| ·Pioneering spirits and love tragedies | 第48-53页 |
| ·Land, as an indispensable factor, plays a great role in causing love tragedies | 第53-59页 |
| ·Women, as protagonists in Cather's novels, contribute to love tragedies | 第59-64页 |
| ·Patriarchal society and its impact on people's marriage | 第64-69页 |
| ·Religion's influence on the complex of love tragedies | 第69-74页 |
| ·Either pure physical or spiritual love will cause love tragedies | 第74-77页 |
| 3 Conclusion | 第77-81页 |
| CHRONOLOGY | 第81-84页 |
| BRIEF BIOGRAPHY | 第84-87页 |
| NOTES | 第87-88页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第88-89页 |
