| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第14页 |
| 1.3 Research Purposes and Significance | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-28页 |
| 2.1 Oversea Studies of Philip Roth | 第17-21页 |
| 2.2 Domestic Studies of Philip Roth | 第21-24页 |
| 2.3 Studies of American Trilogy on the Whole | 第24-26页 |
| 2.4 Comments on the Previous Studies | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework: Trauma Theory | 第28-36页 |
| 3.1 Definition of Trauma | 第28-32页 |
| 3.1.1 Trauma in the Context of Physiology | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1.2 Trauma in the Context of Psychoanalysis | 第29-30页 |
| 3.1.3 Trauma in the Context of Sociology | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2 A Brief Survey of Trauma Theory | 第32-34页 |
| 3.3 Trauma Theory and American Trilogy | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Four Trauma Symptoms in American Trilogy | 第36-55页 |
| 4.1 American Pastoral and The Human Stain: Trauma of Women | 第36-43页 |
| 4.1.1 Merry Levov: A Stutterer, an Exile and a Jain | 第37-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Faunia Farley: Evasion, Numbness and Alienation with Others | 第40-43页 |
| 4.2 I Married a Communist and The Human Stain: Trauma of Men | 第43-49页 |
| 4.2.1 Ira Ringold: Avoidance and Irrationality | 第43-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Lester Farley: Terror, Hypervigilance and Numbness | 第46-49页 |
| 4.3 American Pastoral and I Married a Communist: Trauma of the Ethnicity | 第49-55页 |
| 4.3.1 Seymour Levov: Jewish Identity Resistance and Pursuit for PastoralAmerican Dream | 第49-52页 |
| 4.3.2 Eve Frame: Escape from Jewish Identity and Hatred for Jews | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Causes of Trauma in American Trilogy | 第55-75页 |
| 5.1 Internal Causes of Trauma | 第55-65页 |
| 5.1.1 Women’s Cultural Identity | 第56-60页 |
| 5.1.1.1 Second Sex of Men | 第57-59页 |
| 5.1.1.2 Followers of Men’s Requirements | 第59-60页 |
| 5.1.2 Traumatic Memory of the Jews | 第60-65页 |
| 5.1.2.1 The Pain of Rootlessness: Diaspora | 第61-63页 |
| 5.1.2.2 The Nightmare of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust | 第63-65页 |
| 5.2 External Causes of Trauma | 第65-75页 |
| 5.2.1 Crises of Family Life and Marriage Life | 第65-69页 |
| 5.2.1.1 Tragic Life at Childhood | 第66-68页 |
| 5.2.1.2 Violence in Marriage Life | 第68-69页 |
| 5.2.2 Torture of McCarthyism and Vietnam War | 第69-75页 |
| 5.2.2.1 The Political Persecution of McCarthyism | 第70-71页 |
| 5.2.2.2 The Traumatic Experience of Vietnam War | 第71-75页 |
| Chapter Six Healing and Recovery from Trauma in American Trilogy | 第75-88页 |
| 6.1 Physiotherapy: Remembrance and Mourning | 第76-79页 |
| 6.1.1 Farly Lester’s Remembrance | 第77-78页 |
| 6.1.2 Faunia Lester’s Mourning | 第78-79页 |
| 6.2 Psychotherapy: Security and Reconnection | 第79-82页 |
| 6.2.1 Establishment of Security | 第80-81页 |
| 6.2.2 Reconnection with Others | 第81-82页 |
| 6.3 Cultural Therapy: Identity Recognition | 第82-88页 |
| 6.3.1 Identity Recognition | 第83-85页 |
| 6.3.2 Cultural Memory and Identity Recognition | 第85-88页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第88-92页 |
| 7.1 Findings and Implications | 第88-90页 |
| 7.2 Limitations and Suggestions | 第90-92页 |
| References | 第92-97页 |
| Works and Papers Published During Postgraduate Study | 第97页 |
