| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-11页 |
| Abstract in English | 第11-18页 |
| Introduction | 第18-26页 |
| Chapter I: The Classical Bildungsroman and Its American Variant | 第26-68页 |
| Ⅰ The Origin of the Bildungsroman and the Distinction among Different Designations | 第27-31页 |
| Ⅱ Features and Definitions of the Bildungsroman | 第31-46页 |
| A Protagonist | 第31-35页 |
| B Themes | 第35-37页 |
| C Structure or Pattern | 第37-46页 |
| Ⅲ Differences Between the Classical Bildungsroman and Its American Counterpart | 第46-68页 |
| Chapter II. Return to the Beginning: Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 第68-107页 |
| Ⅰ Dialectic Form of the Novel and Circular Action of Huck | 第70-81页 |
| Ⅱ Huck’s Innocence and His Thirst for Knowledge | 第81-88页 |
| Ⅲ Blurred Boundary Between Illusion and Reality: Huck as an Artist | 第88-97页 |
| Ⅳ Interpretation of Interpretation: Controversies over the Ending of the Novel | 第97-107页 |
| Chapter III. From Epiphany to Escapism: Faulkner’s “The Bear” | 第107-156页 |
| Ⅰ The Forbidden Fruit in the Wilderness: Ike’s First Epiphany | 第109-121页 |
| A The Ceremony of Initiation and the Mystery of the Rituals | 第109-114页 |
| B Ike’s Epiphany in the Woods and Its Aftermath | 第114-121页 |
| Ⅱ The Serpent in the Ledgers: Ike’s Second Epiphany | 第121-130页 |
| Ⅲ From Epiphany to Escapism: Ike as Ishmael, not Christ | 第130-156页 |
| A Between the Two Worlds | 第133-141页 |
| B Paradoxes in Ike’s Life | 第141-149页 |
| C Illusory Idealism and Real Escapism | 第149-156页 |
| Chapter IV. Lost on the Threshold of Adulthood: Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye | 第156-202页 |
| Ⅰ Empty Ideal vs. Active Life: A Deconstructive Reading of the Novel | 第158-185页 |
| A The Reversal of Binary Oppositions in the Text | 第159-171页 |
| B The Dismantlement of Holden’s Identity | 第171-185页 |
| Ⅱ The Plight of Holden and the Source of His Suffering | 第185-193页 |
| Ⅲ The Circular Structure of the Novel and a Potential Epiphany for Holden | 第193-202页 |
| Chapter V. The Evolution of the American Bildungsroman | 第202-226页 |
| Ⅰ Three Developmental Stages of the American Bildungsroman Reflected in the Three Novels | 第203-216页 |
| Ⅱ The Cultural Milieu for the Evolution of the American Bildungsroman | 第216-226页 |
| Chapter VI. Eternal Search for an Elusive Dream: The Cultural Expression of the American Bildungsroman | 第226-249页 |
| Ⅰ Literature and Culture | 第226-231页 |
| Ⅱ The Cultural Expression of the American Bildungsroman | 第231-239页 |
| Ⅲ An Elusive but Persistent American Dream | 第239-249页 |
| Conclusion: Toward Anti-Bildungsroman? | 第249-260页 |
| Works Cited | 第260-266页 |
