| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| 0.1 Cormac McCarthy and His Works | 第9-12页 |
| 0.2 The Road and Literature Review | 第12-19页 |
| Chapter one "Bildungsroman" and The Road | 第19-24页 |
| 1.1 Bildungsroman as a Genre in Literature | 第19-22页 |
| 1.2 The Road as an Initiation Story | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two The Physical Journey of Survival in Post-apocalyptic Space | 第24-37页 |
| 2.1 Marching Towards South | 第24-29页 |
| 2.2 The Boy's Survival Growth Guided by the Father | 第29-37页 |
| Chapter Three The Spiritual Journey of Transcendence in Godless Sphere | 第37-48页 |
| 3.1 "Good Guys" in Dehumanized World | 第38-43页 |
| 3.2 The Father's Spiritual Transcendence Guided by the Boy | 第43-48页 |
| Chapter Four Initiation Tradition and American National Spirit Context | 第48-59页 |
| 4.1 Initiation Tradition and National Spirit Context in American Literature | 第48-54页 |
| 4.2 The Road and Post-9.11 Context | 第54-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Works Cited | 第61-66页 |
| 作者简历及攻读硕士学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第66-68页 |
| 学位论文数据集 | 第68页 |
