| Contents | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Part Ⅰ Introduction | 第6-8页 |
| Part Ⅱ Literature Review | 第8-14页 |
| Part Ⅲ Studies on the Sublime | 第14-20页 |
| 3.1 Longinus's On the Sublime | 第14页 |
| 3.2 Edmund Burke's A Philosophical Enquiiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful | 第14-16页 |
| 3.3 Immanuel Kant's Theory | 第16-18页 |
| 3.4 Theoretical Framework | 第18-20页 |
| Part Ⅳ Ahab's as an Embodiment of the Sublime | 第20-28页 |
| 4.1 Ahab's Hatred as a Passion of the Sublime | 第20-22页 |
| 4.2 Ahab's Determination as an Expression of the Sublime | 第22-25页 |
| 4.3 Ahab's Destiny as an Embodiment of the Sublime | 第25-28页 |
| Part Ⅴ The Sea as an Image of the Sublime | 第28-33页 |
| 5.1 The Image of the Sea | 第28-30页 |
| 5.2 The Sublimity of the Sea | 第30-33页 |
| Part Ⅵ Moby Dick as an Image of the Sublime | 第33-37页 |
| Conclusion | 第37-40页 |
| Bibliography | 第40-43页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第43页 |
