| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One Thoreau and Walden | 第14-27页 |
| ·Thoreau as a "Green Saint" ---Thoreau and his ecological ideas | 第14-22页 |
| ·Thoreau's life in Concord,Massachusetts | 第16-18页 |
| ·Thoreau's involvement in American Transcendentalism | 第18-22页 |
| ·Thoreau's ecological masterpiece Walden and previous studies of Walden | 第22-26页 |
| ·Research institutions in the West | 第22-25页 |
| ·Research situation in China | 第25-26页 |
| ·Research focus of the thesis | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Two The ecological connotations of Walden and its enlightenment toeco-criticism | 第27-54页 |
| ·The ecological connotations of Walde | 第27页 |
| ·Preservation of nature | 第27-35页 |
| ·The intrinsic values of nature | 第27-31页 |
| ·Respect for wilderness | 第31-35页 |
| ·Man's spiritual ecology | 第35-43页 |
| ·A call for simple life and criticism of earthly desires | 第35-39页 |
| ·Values of solitude | 第39-43页 |
| ·Walden's enlightemnent to eco-criticism | 第43-54页 |
| ·What is eco-criticism? | 第43-48页 |
| ·Walden's enlightenment to eco-criticism | 第48-54页 |
| Chapter Three Two practical significance of Walden | 第54-61页 |
| ·Man's awakening to ecological consciousness | 第54-57页 |
| ·Man's spiritual sublimation | 第57-61页 |
| Conclusion | 第61-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
| 作者简历 | 第64页 |
