| 英文摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two The Development of Tragedy in Criticism | 第12-24页 |
| A． Aristotle's “Poetics” | 第12-13页 |
| B． The Development of Tragic Criticism and its Reflection in Modem Tragedy | 第13-24页 |
| 1． The Development of Tragic Hero | 第14-15页 |
| 2． The Development of Tragic Plot | 第15-17页 |
| 3． The Development of Tragic Collision | 第17-20页 |
| 4． The Collision of Equally Justified Powers | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Three The Affinity between Beyond the Horizon and The Border Town | 第24-47页 |
| A． A Brief Introduction to the Two Works | 第24-25页 |
| B． The Affinity in Background | 第25-31页 |
| 1． The Similar Life Experience of the Two Authors | 第25-27页 |
| 2． The Two Authors' Early Writings and Their Understanding of Tragedy | 第27-31页 |
| C． The Affinity in Tragic Protagonist | 第31-34页 |
| 1． The Parallel Family Structure in the Two Works | 第31-32页 |
| 2． The Affinity in the Personality Portraits of the Main Characters | 第32-34页 |
| D． The Affinity in Tragic Motif | 第34-39页 |
| E． The Affinity in Tragic Collision | 第39-47页 |
| 1． The Collision between Agricultural Civilization and Commercial Civilization | 第39-42页 |
| 2． The Collision between Two Life Values: Romanticism and Realism | 第42-44页 |
| 3． The Collision between Love and Self-fulfillment | 第44页 |
| 4． The Collision between two Justified Powers | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Four The Difference between Beyond the Horizon and The Border Town | 第47-56页 |
| A． The Plot Diversity of the Two Works | 第47-49页 |
| B． The Differences of Protagonists in the Two Works | 第49-51页 |
| C． The Different Styles in the Two Works | 第51-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Notes | 第58-64页 |
| Works Cited | 第64-66页 |
