| ORIGINALITY RESEARCH STATEMENT | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-25页 |
| Chapter 1 The Gothic Tradition | 第25-38页 |
| ·Gothic Fiction and its Tradition | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Origin and Development of American Gothic Novels | 第27-32页 |
| ·The Gothic Mode of Gothic Novels | 第32-38页 |
| ·The Gothic Themes:Violence,Death,Vengeance and Distorted or Morbid Obsession | 第33页 |
| ·The Gothic Characters:Grotesque and Distorted Characters | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Gothic Setting and Gothic Plot:Desolate Places and Eerie Story | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 2 Trancendence of Gothic Tradition in Wharton's Ghost Stories | 第38-55页 |
| ·Gothic Setting and the Plot | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Isolated House and Weird Story | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Ancient Estate and the Living Dead | 第40-42页 |
| ·Gothic Characters | 第42-50页 |
| ·Male Characters:The Tyrannical and Malicions Image | 第42-46页 |
| ·Female Characters:The Victim and Resister of Patriarchal Society | 第46-50页 |
| ·Gothic Theme | 第50-55页 |
| ·Death | 第51-52页 |
| ·Repressed Sexuality | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter 3 Innovation of Wharton's Ghost Stories to Gothic Tradition | 第55-69页 |
| ·Writing Techniques | 第55-61页 |
| ·Parodic Strain | 第55-59页 |
| ·Symbolic imagery | 第59-61页 |
| ·Intruder's Narrative Perspective | 第61-63页 |
| ·First person Perspective | 第61-62页 |
| ·Third Person Limited | 第62-63页 |
| ·Writing Subjects | 第63-69页 |
| ·Economic Haunting | 第64-65页 |
| ·Inherited Wealth and Class Conflict | 第65-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| References | 第72-79页 |
