| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第6-22页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第22-36页 |
| Introduction | 第36-53页 |
| ·James’s Career as a Writer and Literary Achievements | 第36-41页 |
| ·The Jamesian Novels and James’s Criticism on the Novel | 第41-45页 |
| ·A Review of the Study of James and the Purpose of This Paper | 第45-53页 |
| Chapter 1 The Highlight of the Predominant Features of the Traditional Novel.. | 第53-93页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Traditional Novel | 第53-57页 |
| ·The Description of the Psychology of the Character in the Traditional Novel.. | 第57-93页 |
| Chapter 2 The Techniques Henry James Employed to Describe the Psychology of the Character | 第93-100页 |
| ·James’s Inheritance of the Literary Tradition | 第93-96页 |
| ·James’s Experiments with the Description of the Psychology of the Character | 第96-100页 |
| Chapter 3 Isabel Archer’s Commitment to Life in The Portrait of a Lady | 第100-155页 |
| ·The Tragic Marriage Life of Isabel | 第100-104页 |
| ·Isabel’s Quality of Independence | 第104-113页 |
| ·The Consequences of Isabel’s Choice | 第113-128页 |
| ·Isabel’s Commitment to Life | 第128-136页 |
| ·Silence as the Means to Explore the Consciousness of the Character | 第136-141页 |
| ·Silences James Used in The Portrait of a Lady | 第141-155页 |
| Chapter 4 The Self-sacrifice of Milly Theale in The Wings of the Dove | 第155-191页 |
| ·The Full Exploration of Milly’s Psychology | 第155-156页 |
| ·Milly’s Fatal Illness | 第156-159页 |
| ·Milly’s Self-sacrifice | 第159-175页 |
| ·Silences Reflected in The Wings of the Dove | 第175-191页 |
| Chapter 5 The Self-assertion of Maggie Verver in The Golden Bowl | 第191-238页 |
| ·The Symbolic Meaning of The Golden Bowl | 第191-196页 |
| ·Maggie’s Attachment to her Father Adam | 第196-209页 |
| ·Maggie’s Power of Imagination Represented in her Consciousness | 第209-213页 |
| ·Maggie’s Self-assertion | 第213-224页 |
| ·Maggie Dealing with her Relation with Other Characters in Silence | 第224-238页 |
| Chapter 6 The Influence of Henry James’s Psychological Realism on the "Stream of Consciousness”Writers | 第238-277页 |
| ·James’s Influence on the “Stream of Consciousness”Novelists | 第238-243页 |
| ·The Features of the “Stream of Consciousness”Technique in the Description of the Character’s Psychology | 第243-277页 |
| Conclusion | 第277-282页 |
| Bibliography | 第282-285页 |
