| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| Chapter One My ántonia: Denial of Death in Nature | 第18-28页 |
| ·Mr. Shimerda: Death as Impetus toward Something Great | 第18-21页 |
| ·Pavel and Cutter: Violence as Means of Self-preservation | 第21-25页 |
| ·ántonia: Nature as a Shelter from Death | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Two The Professor’s House: Lingering in the Realm of Death | 第28-37页 |
| ·Disillusion of Ideals | 第29-32页 |
| ·Death of Love | 第32-37页 |
| Chapter Three Death Comes for the Archbishop: Transcendence of Death in Religion | 第37-44页 |
| ·“In the End Is My Beginning” | 第38-41页 |
| ·Rebirth of a New World | 第41-44页 |
| Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| Notes | 第46-47页 |
| Works Cited | 第47-51页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第51-52页 |
| Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第52-56页 |
| Résumé and Publications since Entering the Program | 第56页 |
