| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第4-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Background Information | 第12-21页 |
| ·Writers and Novels Selected for This Study | 第12-17页 |
| ·Selection Criteria | 第12-13页 |
| ·Madeleine L'Engle and Her Time Fantasies | 第13-15页 |
| ·Katherine Paterson and Her Family Novels | 第15-17页 |
| ·A Brief Review of the History of Children's Literature | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter Two The Child in Discord with the World | 第21-31页 |
| ·The World Presented in the Children's Novels by L'Engle and Paterson | 第21-28页 |
| ·The World of Universal Crisis | 第22-25页 |
| ·The World of Family Problem | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Prodigal Child in the World | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three The Child on a Journey into the World | 第31-48页 |
| ·The Child and the Journey | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Journey to Look for Parents | 第33-41页 |
| ·The Symbolic Meaning of Parent In Children's Literature | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Search for Father through Space and Time | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Search for Mother In Foster Families | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Less Obvious Search for Parents | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Search for Parents as a Reflection of the Contemporary World | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Journey Within | 第41-46页 |
| ·The Child and the Mentor on the Journey | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Four The Child in Reconciliation with the World | 第48-62页 |
| ·The Redemptive Child | 第48-53页 |
| ·The Child Reconciled with the World | 第53-57页 |
| ·The Child and the Writer | 第57-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-69页 |
| 作者在读期间科研成果简介 | 第69-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71页 |
