| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-14页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-22页 |
| ·Introduction to American Local Colorism | 第14-17页 |
| ·Current Research on The Country of the Pointed Firs | 第17-20页 |
| ·Western research | 第17-19页 |
| ·Domestic research | 第19-20页 |
| ·Study Methods | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER THREE AN ANALYSIS OF NEW ENGLAND LOCALCOLORISM IN THE COUNTRY OF THEPOINTED FIRS | 第22-63页 |
| ·An Understanding of New England Local Colorism and Sarah Orne Jewett's Local Colorism | 第22-27页 |
| ·New England local colorism | 第22-25页 |
| ·Sarah orne Jewett's local colorism | 第25-27页 |
| ·New England Rural Landscape in The Country of the Pointed Firs | 第27-35页 |
| ·Maine coastal landscape | 第27-31页 |
| ·Maine special garden | 第31-33页 |
| ·Maine particular weather | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Portrait of the New England Local Characters in The Country of the Pointed Firs | 第35-44页 |
| ·The portrait of the local spinsters | 第36-40页 |
| ·The portrait of the local herbalist | 第36-39页 |
| ·The portrait of the childless elderly women | 第39-40页 |
| ·The portrait of the local eccentrics | 第40-44页 |
| ·The portrait of Captain Littlepage | 第41-42页 |
| ·The portrait of Joanna Todd | 第42-43页 |
| ·The portrait of Elijah Tilley | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Portrait of New England Local Life in The Country of the Pointed Firs | 第44-52页 |
| ·The picture of the detailed daily life | 第45-50页 |
| ·The sentimentality of the local people | 第50-52页 |
| ·New England Local Speech in The Country of the Pointed Firs | 第52-57页 |
| ·Maine dialectal speech | 第53-55页 |
| ·Maine genteel humor | 第55-57页 |
| ·New England History Reflected in The Country of the Pointed Firs | 第57-63页 |
| ·Decline of the shipping industry | 第58-59页 |
| ·Decline of the rural town | 第59-63页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第63-65页 |
| REFERENCES | 第65-68页 |
