| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| Willa Cather’s Literary Career | 第9-10页 |
| Criticism about The Professor’s House | 第10-12页 |
| Aim and Organization of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Narrative Experimentations: The Broken World | 第14-24页 |
| ·Fractured Structure | 第14-18页 |
| ·Split in Narrative Voice and Narrative Style | 第18-20页 |
| ·Narrative Technique of “Deferral” | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Two Contrasts and Juxtapositions in Characterization: Alienation and Disillusionment | 第24-38页 |
| ·Three Women of the Professor’s Immediate Family | 第26-31页 |
| ·The Professor’s Three Sons-in-law | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Professor’s Colleagues | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Three Images and Symbols: Spiritual Refuge | 第38-54页 |
| ·Symbolic Objects | 第38-47页 |
| ·Symbolic Characters | 第47-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-58页 |
