| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-25页 |
| Chapter 1 Outset of Louis's Journey:Result of Conflicts | 第25-36页 |
| ·Louis's Conflicts in Being-for-Itself | 第25-27页 |
| ·Louis's Interior Conflicts | 第27-33页 |
| ·Conflicts between Love and Hatred for the Mortal World | 第28-30页 |
| ·Conflicts between Humanity and Monstrosity | 第30-33页 |
| ·Conflicts between Louis and Lestat | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter 2 Process of Louis's Journey:Quest for Meaning in Existence | 第36-50页 |
| ·Start of the Journey from Lestat | 第36-38页 |
| ·Quest around the World | 第38-44页 |
| ·Disappointment in Eastern Europe | 第39-41页 |
| ·Despair in Paris | 第41-43页 |
| ·Back to New Orleans for Comforts | 第43-44页 |
| ·Quest in Arts | 第44-50页 |
| ·Quest for Beauty | 第45-47页 |
| ·Quest for Spiritual Rest | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 3 Consequence of Louis's Journey:Existence in Nothingness | 第50-61页 |
| ·Loss of Love | 第50-53页 |
| ·Loss of Faith | 第53-55页 |
| ·Loss of Meaning in Existence | 第55-57页 |
| ·Hope of Existence in Being-for-itself | 第57-61页 |
| Chapter 4 Significances of Louis's Journey as Metaphors | 第61-83页 |
| ·Metaphor for Rice's Spiritual Journey | 第62-66页 |
| ·Metaphor for Minority's Struggling Journey | 第66-72页 |
| ·Category for Minority | 第66-69页 |
| ·Struggling for Self-Identity | 第69-72页 |
| ·Metaphor for the Journey of Human Consumption | 第72-83页 |
| ·Metaphor for Capitalist Consumption | 第73-75页 |
| ·Metaphor for Vampiric Consumption of Gothic Romance | 第75-83页 |
| Conclusion | 第83-86页 |
| Notes | 第86-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-97页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第97-98页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的主要研究成果 | 第98页 |
