| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-21页 |
| 1 E. M. Forster and His Six Novels | 第9-12页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第12-19页 |
| 3 Central Argument, Methodology and Research Significance | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter One Theories of Personality Psychology | 第21-32页 |
| 1.1 Key Concepts | 第21-25页 |
| 1.1.1 The Parental absence | 第21-22页 |
| 1.1.2 Personality | 第22-25页 |
| 1.2 Theoretical Proposition: Eric Berne’s Transactional Analysis | 第25-32页 |
| Chapter Two The Impacts of Maternal Absence on the Personalities of Characters | 第32-40页 |
| 2.1 The Impact on the female character: Caroline | 第32-36页 |
| 2.2 The Impact on the male character: George | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Three The Impacts of Paternal Absence on the Personalities of Characters | 第40-54页 |
| 3.1 The Impact on the female characters: Harriet and Lucy | 第40-45页 |
| 3.2 The Impact on the male characters: Maurice and Ronny | 第45-54页 |
| Chapter Four The Impacts of Parents-absence on the Personalities of Characters | 第54-64页 |
| 4.1 The Impact on the female characters: Margaret and Helen | 第54-58页 |
| 4.2 The Impact on the male characters: Leonard and Rickie | 第58-64页 |
| Chapter Five Forster’s Writing Motivations for the Parent-absent Family Issues | 第64-72页 |
| 5.1 The Motivation from the perspective of Forster’s personal experiences | 第64-69页 |
| 5.2 The Motivation from the perspective of social background | 第69-72页 |
| Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| References | 第75-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82页 |
