| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Thesis | 第8-9页 |
| ·Dream Vision Tradition and Its Two Contexts | 第9-10页 |
| ·Cormac McCarthy's Application and Transformation of the Tradition | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Early Dream Vision | 第12-20页 |
| ·Dream Vision and Approaches | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Dream-as-narrative-event | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Apocalyptic Vision Narrative | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Three Adoption and Transformation of Dream Vision in The Road | 第20-27页 |
| ·The Road and McCarthy's Preference to Medieval Dream Vision | 第20-22页 |
| ·Adoption of Medieval Dream Vision in The Road | 第22-23页 |
| ·Reception and Reversal of Dream Vision Frame | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Four Two Dream Vision Stages | 第27-41页 |
| ·Three Stages of Medieval Dream Vision | 第27-33页 |
| ·The Unique Three Stages of McCarthy's Dream Vision in The Road | 第33-39页 |
| ·The Pilgrimage Pattern in The Road | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Five The Road: A Post-apocalyptic Vision | 第41-55页 |
| ·The Focus of Traditional Apocalyptic Vision | 第41-44页 |
| ·The Shift from Apocalypse to Post-apocalypse | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Outlook of Apocalyptic Narrative and Post-apocalyptic Narrative | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Road and Its Post-apocalyptic Origin | 第46-47页 |
| ·Thematic Modes in The Road | 第47-55页 |
| ·Seeking Faith and Hope in a Non-Religion Community | 第49-52页 |
| ·Reconstructing the Civilized Values in the Community | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第63页 |
