| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第8-13页 |
| ·A brief introduction of Herman Melville and his writings | 第8-10页 |
| ·An introduction of Melville's Pierre, or, the Ambiguities | 第10-11页 |
| ·The significance of the study - Melville's transcendental prediction of postmodern thinking of ambiguity | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two MELVILLE'S QUARREL WITH GOD - AMBIGUITY GENERATED BY PARODY | 第13-24页 |
| ·An introduction of the concept of ambiguity | 第13-17页 |
| ·Melville's parody of the allegory of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress | 第17-20页 |
| ·Melville's parody of the allegory of Dante's Inferno | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Three THE MAIN CHARACTERS' AMBIGUOUS MORAL STANDARDS OF "GOOD AND EVIL" | 第24-34页 |
| ·An introduction of the development of the concept of "good and evil" | 第24-27页 |
| ·Pierre's and Isabel' ambiguous moral standards of "good and evil" | 第27-30页 |
| ·Transcendental values on "good and evil" in Melville's time | 第30-34页 |
| Chapter Four AMBIGUITY OF GENDER IDENTITY - AN INTERPRETATION OF PIERRE'S SEXUALITY | 第34-44页 |
| ·Pierre's heterosexuality - an interpretation of the theme of "incest" | 第34-38页 |
| ·Pierre's homosexuality | 第38-44页 |
| ·Pierre's desire for Isabel - a transgression of his desire for his "pure" father | 第38-41页 |
| ·Pierre's relationship with Glen Stanly- a representation of homosexual brotherhood and competition to achieve manhood | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第44-46页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第46-47页 |
