| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第4-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One O'Neill's Existential View On the Meaning of Existence | 第12-20页 |
| ·The Reason for O'Neill's Dedication to the Meaning of Existence | 第12-14页 |
| ·Sartre's Existential Ideas on the Meaning of Existence | 第14-18页 |
| ·The Simiar Explanation of Meaning between O'Neill and Sartre | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Exploration;Choice,Responsibility,and Meaning in O'Neill's Early Plays | 第20-35页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Plays in this phase | 第20-21页 |
| ·Beyond the Horizon;Robert's choice,Responsibility and Meaning | 第21-27页 |
| ·Background;O'Neill's Contented Matrimonial Life | 第21页 |
| ·Analysis;Robert's Meaningful Existence | 第21-27页 |
| ·Desire under the Elms;Abbie's Choice,Responsibility and Meaning | 第27-35页 |
| ·Background;O'Neill's Drinking Problem | 第27-28页 |
| ·Abbie's Meaningful Existence | 第28-35页 |
| Chapter Three Idealization;More Freedom to Choose,Voluntary Assumption of Responsibility and Meaning In O'Neill's Middle Plays | 第35-47页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Plays in the Phase | 第35-36页 |
| ·Strange Interlude;Nina's Choice,Responsibility and Meaning | 第36-41页 |
| ·Background;O'Neill's Love Affair with Carlotta | 第36页 |
| ·Nina's Meaningful Existence | 第36-41页 |
| ·Mourning Becomes Electra;Lavinia's Choice,Responsibility and Meaning | 第41-47页 |
| ·Background;O'Neill's Divorce | 第41页 |
| ·Analysis;Lavinia's Meaningful Existence | 第41-47页 |
| Chapter Four Reconciliation;Choice,Self-deception and Meaning in O'Neill's Late Plays | 第47-58页 |
| ·O'Neill's Life and the Characteristics of the Plays in the Phase | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Iceman Cometh;The Meaning of the Daydreamer's Self-deception | 第48-52页 |
| ·Long Day's Journey into Night;The Meaning of Mary's Self-deception | 第52-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-66页 |
| 作者在读期间科研成果简介 | 第66-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68页 |
