| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第8页 |
| Introduction | 第10-21页 |
| Edward Albee and His Two Plays | 第10-12页 |
| Literature Review | 第12-17页 |
| Metadrama | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter One: The Play Within the Play | 第21-29页 |
| The Play Within the Play | 第21页 |
| Games as Playlets in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 第21-27页 |
| Impromptu Inner Play in Tiny Alice | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Two: Role Playing Within the Role | 第29-37页 |
| Role Playing Within the Role | 第29页 |
| The Protean Quality of George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 第29-32页 |
| Role-playing and Identity Crisis in Tiny Alice | 第32-37页 |
| Chapter Three: Perception as a Metadramatic Theme | 第37-45页 |
| Perception at the Core of Metadrama | 第37页 |
| Exorcizing the Illusion | 第37-39页 |
| Sacrifice and Conversion | 第39-45页 |
| Conclusion | 第45-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
