| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·About the Author | 第10页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第10-12页 |
| ·An Introduction to The Painted Veil | 第12-13页 |
| ·An Introduction to Eco-criticism | 第13-19页 |
| ·Definition | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Origin of Eco-criticism | 第14-15页 |
| ·Taoist Philosophy | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Goal of Eco-criticism | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 The Environmental Degradation: Natural Ecology in The Painted Veil | 第19-31页 |
| ·Eco-critical View on Nature | 第19-20页 |
| ·Dichotomy of Man and Nature | 第20-31页 |
| ·Dichotomy of City and Village | 第20-27页 |
| ·The Image of the City | 第20-24页 |
| ·The Image of the Village | 第24-27页 |
| ·Dichotomy of Life and Death | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Death due to Natural Disaster | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Death due to War | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Distorted Relationship: Social Ecology and Spiritual Ecology in The Painted Veil | 第31-40页 |
| ·Shortage of Family Ethics | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Cold Relationship of Kitty’s Family | 第32页 |
| ·The Loose Relationship of the Townsends | 第32-34页 |
| ·Desire Restraining Human Nature | 第34-37页 |
| ·Kitty and Townsend’s Indulgence and Confusion | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Shadows of Death due to the Lost Humanity | 第35-37页 |
| ·Human Nature under the Mask of Religious Tenderness | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Return to Nature, Return to Harmony | 第40-45页 |
| ·Kitty’s Growth and Awakening | 第40-41页 |
| ·Harmonious World of Man and Nature | 第41-45页 |
| ·Waddington’s Statement on “Tao” | 第42-43页 |
| ·Maugham’s Oriental Complex and Ideas of Harmony between Man and Nature | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-49页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第49-50页 |
