| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| Chapter One West's Obsession with the American Dream | 第16-24页 |
| ·The Jewishness of Nathanael West | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Great Depression | 第19-24页 |
| Chapter Two Lemuel Pitkin as the Pursuer of the American Dream | 第24-48页 |
| ·Lemuel Pitkin's Adventure | 第25-33页 |
| ·The Dismantling of the American Dream | 第33-48页 |
| Chapter Three Shagpoke Whipple as the Proliferator of the American Dream | 第48-58页 |
| ·Shagpoke Whipple's American Dream | 第48-51页 |
| ·Satire on the Dream of Shagpoke Whipple | 第51-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-64页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第64-66页 |
