| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·The Life of Flannery O'Connor and Her Literary Works | 第11-12页 |
| ·A Panorama of Studies on Flannery O'Connor | 第12-17页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| 2 A Survey of The Gothic | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Origin and History of the Gothic | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Rise of American Gothic | 第21-24页 |
| ·Flannery O'Connor's Heritage and Development of the Gothic | 第24-27页 |
| 3 Distinctive Features of Flannery O'Connor's Gothic | 第27-44页 |
| ·Postmodernistic | 第27-34页 |
| ·Uncertainty | 第28-31页 |
| ·Abolishment of Elitism | 第31-33页 |
| ·Skepticism | 第33-34页 |
| ·Religious | 第34-38页 |
| ·Meaning of Religion to Flannery O'Connor | 第34-37页 |
| ·Religious Analysis of Flannery O'Connor's Gothic | 第37-38页 |
| ·Regional | 第38-44页 |
| ·Regional Setting to Reveal the Real Concern | 第38-40页 |
| ·Family Relations in Flannery O'Connor's Stories | 第40-44页 |
| 4 Vehicles of Flannery O'Connor's Gothic | 第44-64页 |
| ·Violence and Death | 第44-52页 |
| ·Reasons for Involvement of Violence and Death | 第44-49页 |
| ·Meaning of Violence and Death in O'Connor's Gothic | 第49-52页 |
| ·Grotesque | 第52-59页 |
| ·Definition of Grotesque | 第52-54页 |
| ·Classification of the Grotesque | 第54-59页 |
| ·Supernatural Haunting and Allusion | 第59-64页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-69页 |
