| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-18页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Philip Roth | 第10-11页 |
| ·A Brief Trace of Philip Roth’s Creation | 第11页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第11-16页 |
| ·The Motivation of This Study | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO SEX AND LITERATURE | 第18-26页 |
| ·Sex in the Human History | 第18-19页 |
| ·Sex as a Literary Theme | 第19-23页 |
| ·The Function of Sexual Description in Literature | 第23-26页 |
| CHAPTER THREE SEXUAL DESCRIPTION IN ROTH’S EARLY WORKS | 第26-35页 |
| ·Goodbye Columbus and its light sexual touches | 第26-28页 |
| ·Portnoy’s Complaint----- the most controversial novel by Roth | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Breast in a style of Kafka’s Metamorphosis | 第32-35页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR SEXUAL DESCRIPTION IN ROTH’S LATE WORKS | 第35-44页 |
| ·American Pastoral----- the 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winner and its appropriate obscene scenes. | 第35-40页 |
| ·Sabbath’s Theatre | 第40-44页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第44-51页 |
| ·The Positive Side of Roth’s Sexual Description in his Work | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Negative Side of Roth’s Sexual Description in his Work | 第46-49页 |
| ·Follow-up Studies | 第49-51页 |
| ENDNOTES | 第51-52页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第52-55页 |
