| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第12-20页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Kazuo Ishiguro and The Remains of the Day | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第14-20页 |
| 1.2.1 Overseas Studies on The Remains of the Day | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2.2 Domestic Studies on The Remains of the Day | 第16-20页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ THEORETICAL BASIS | 第20-27页 |
| 2.1 General Introduction to Existentialism | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Fundamental Concepts in Existentialism | 第23-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Absurdity | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Alienation | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.3 Bad Faith | 第25-27页 |
| CHPERT Ⅲ THE ABSURDITY IN THE REMAINS OF THE DAY | 第27-34页 |
| 3.1 Absurdity of the World | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2 Distortion of Dignity | 第29-34页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ THE ALIENATION OF STEVENS’ INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS | 第34-46页 |
| 4.1 Alienated Relations between Stevens and His Father | 第34-37页 |
| 4.2 Alienated Relations between Stevens and Miss Kenton | 第37-41页 |
| 4.3 Alienated Relations between Stevens and Lord Darlington | 第41-46页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ THE PROCESS OF STEVENS’ PURSUIT OF THE AUTHENTIC EXISTENCE | 第46-55页 |
| 5.1 Escaping the Past by Bad Faith | 第46-50页 |
| 5.2 Confronting the Reality | 第50-55页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅵ CONCLUSION | 第55-57页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第57-60页 |
