| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Ethical Literary Criticism and Edith Wharton's Ethical Ideas | 第16-27页 |
| 1. Ethical Literary Criticism | 第16-21页 |
| 2. Wharton's Ethical Ideas | 第21-27页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ The Ethical Relationship between Man and Society | 第27-49页 |
| 1. Restrictions of Social Environment to People | 第27-40页 |
| 2. The Deterministic Influence of Social Environment on Human's Fate | 第40-49页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Ethical Relationship between Man and Man | 第49-61页 |
| 1. The Ethical Relationship between Newland and May | 第49-54页 |
| 2. The Ethical Relationship between Newland and Ellen | 第54-61页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The Ethical Relationship between Man and Self | 第61-74页 |
| 1. The Ethical Predicament of Newland | 第61-67页 |
| 2. The Ethical Predicament of Ellen | 第67-74页 |
| Conclusion | 第74-78页 |
| Reference | 第78-80页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第80-81页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表论文以及参加科研情况 | 第81页 |
