| 摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4页 |
| Introduction | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter One The Presentation and the Recognition of Children in Dickinson's Poems | 第11-22页 |
| 1.1 The Presentation of Children in Dickinson's Poems | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 The Criteria of the Recognition of Children in Dickinson's Poems | 第13-22页 |
| 1.2.1 Linguistic Criteria | 第13-18页 |
| 1.2.2 Behavioral and Temperamental Criteria | 第18-20页 |
| 1.2.3 Thinking Criteria | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Paradox and Conflict in Dickinson's Children-Related Poems | 第22-52页 |
| 2.1 Paradox: Why are Children Associated with Death and Religion? | 第22-45页 |
| 2.1.1 Children as Pioneers | 第23-28页 |
| 2.1.2 Children as Mirrors | 第28-33页 |
| 2.1.3 Children as Masks | 第33-45页 |
| 2.2 The Conflicted Relationship Between Children and Nature | 第45-52页 |
| 2.2.1 Children's Intimacy with Nature | 第45-49页 |
| 2.2.2 Children's Alienation with Nature | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Three Reasons of Depicting Children and Adopting a Child Speaker | 第52-62页 |
| 3.1 External Reasons of Depicting Children and Adopting a Child Speaker | 第52-59页 |
| 3.1.1 Protestant Influence | 第52-55页 |
| 3.1.2 Social Environment | 第55-57页 |
| 3.1.3 Family Atmosphere | 第57-59页 |
| 3.2 Internal Reasons of Depicting Children and Adopting a Child Speaker | 第59-62页 |
| 3.2.1 Intentions of the Poetess | 第59-61页 |
| 3.2.2 Personality of the Poetess | 第61-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Works Cited | 第65-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69-70页 |
