| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| 1. Urbanization and American Literature in the Nineteenth Century | 第9-12页 |
| 2. Current Studies on Whitman's Ecological Awareness | 第12-16页 |
| 3. Significance of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 1 The Function of the City in the Human-Nature Relationship | 第18-28页 |
| ·The Voices of Nature in the City | 第18-23页 |
| ·City as a Bridge between Man and Nature | 第23-28页 |
| Chapter 2 The Role of the City in the Interpersonal Communication | 第28-37页 |
| ·"City of the Faithfulest Friends" | 第28-31页 |
| ·"City of the World" | 第31-33页 |
| ·City of All Time | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter 3 City and the Construction of Self-Identity | 第37-48页 |
| ·Urbanization and the Crisis of Self Identity | 第37-40页 |
| ·Relocation of the Human Self in the Urban Environment | 第40-43页 |
| ·Cultivation of the Ecological Self in the City | 第43-48页 |
| Chapter 4 City in Whitman's Ecological Holism | 第48-57页 |
| ·The Ecological Polyphony within the City | 第48-52页 |
| ·Ecological Holism in Whitman's Urban Imagination | 第52-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| Works Cited | 第60-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65-66页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表学术论文清单 | 第66-67页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第67页 |
