| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| ·Poe's Short Tales | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Both Abroad and in China | 第10-13页 |
| ·Research Significance and Arrangement of Content | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter One The Effect of Poe's Tales | 第17-31页 |
| ·The Effect of Eerie Atmosphere in Poe's Gothic Stories | 第17-22页 |
| ·The Effect of Author-Reader Cooperation in Poe's Ratiocinative Stories | 第22-27页 |
| ·The Effect of Irrational Act in Poe's Stories of Psychotic Personality | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Two Effective Themes of Poe's Tales | 第31-39页 |
| ·Living Death as the Theme of "Ligeia" | 第31-34页 |
| ·Love vs. Hate as the Theme of "The Tell-Tale Heart" | 第34-36页 |
| ·Self vs. Alter Ego as the Theme of "William Wilson" | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three Effective Setting of Poe's Tales | 第39-45页 |
| ·Effect of Closed Environment | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Halls in "The Mask of the Red death" | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Old Mansion in "The Fall of the House of Usher" | 第41-42页 |
| ·Adoption of Gothic Elements | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Bridal Chamber in "Ligeia" | 第42-43页 |
| ·Wilson's Homeland in "William Wilson" | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four Effective Characters of Poe's Tales | 第45-51页 |
| ·First Person Narrator | 第45-48页 |
| ·The Narrator in "The Purloined Letter" | 第46页 |
| ·The Narrator in "The Black Cat" | 第46-48页 |
| ·Characters as Divided Selves | 第48-51页 |
| ·Roderick and Madeline Usher in "The Fall of the House of Usher" | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Two Wilsons in "William Wilson" | 第49-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Notes | 第53-54页 |
| References | 第54-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57-58页 |
| Informative Chinese Abstract | 第58-61页 |
| Resume and Publications since Entering the Program | 第61页 |
