| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| Introduction | 第7-12页 |
| A. An Introduction to Richard Yates and Revolutionary Road | 第7-8页 |
| B. Literature Review | 第8-10页 |
| C. Thesis Statement and Research Structure | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Living in the "Innocent" 1950s | 第12-22页 |
| A. The Petrified Forest: A Performance Doomed to Fail | 第12-18页 |
| B. Television: The Locale of Personal Experience, Public Memory and Media Representation | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Revolutionary Road: Never on the Road | 第22-30页 |
| A. The Burden of the Past | 第22-26页 |
| B. The Near Future of the Conflicting 1960s | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Looking through the False Nostalgia towards the Fifties | 第30-36页 |
| A. The False Nostalgia of "The Good Old Days" | 第30-32页 |
| B. A New Look into the Revolutionary Road at the Beginning of the 21~(st)Century | 第32-36页 |
| Conclusion | 第36-38页 |
| Filmography | 第38-39页 |
| Works Cited | 第39-41页 |
