| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第12-15页 |
| ·Aims and Significance of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-27页 |
| ·Studies on Dreiser's Sister Carrie at Home and Abroad | 第15-20页 |
| ·The Concept of "The American Dream" | 第20-27页 |
| CHAPTER 3 CARRIE'S PURSUIT FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM | 第27-39页 |
| ·Individuality | 第27-32页 |
| ·Paying for Food and Accommodation | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Experience of Hunting for Jobs in Chicago | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Experience of Hunting for Jobs in New York | 第31-32页 |
| ·Diligence | 第32-35页 |
| ·Working Hard in the Shoe Factory | 第32-33页 |
| ·Efforts to Become Drouet's Wife | 第33-34页 |
| ·Efforts to Survive | 第34-35页 |
| ·Chance | 第35-39页 |
| ·The Chance to Staying in Chicago | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Chance to the First-time Performance | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Chance to the Second-time Performance | 第38-39页 |
| CHAPTER 4 SISTER CARRIE AS A REFLECTION OF THE AMERICANSOCIETY IN INDUSTRIALIZATION | 第39-55页 |
| ·Phenomenon of Urbanization | 第39-43页 |
| ·Social Mobility | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Gap between the Rich and the Poor | 第41-43页 |
| ·People Frustrated by the Deteriorating Interpersonal Relations | 第43-55页 |
| ·Kinship Based on Material Needs | 第44-48页 |
| ·Marriage Based on Material Satisfactions | 第48-50页 |
| ·Friendship Based on self Contented | 第50-53页 |
| ·Love Based on self Benefits | 第53-55页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONSUMER CULTURE AS A KEY ELEMENT IN THEDISILLUSION OF AMERICAN DREAM | 第55-68页 |
| ·The Endless Desires for Material Possessions | 第55-64页 |
| ·Carrie's Longing for Luxurious Clothes | 第56-59页 |
| ·Carrie's Longing for a More Beautiful House | 第59-64页 |
| ·Absence of the Conventional Morality | 第64-68页 |
| ·The Prevalence of Hedonism | 第64-66页 |
| ·The Prevalence of Pragmatism | 第66-68页 |
| CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION | 第68-70页 |
| REFERENCES | 第70-72页 |
