| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-19页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Ian McEwan and his Amsterdam | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Literature Review | 第13-16页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Research | 第16页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第16-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO ETHICAL CRITICISM | 第19-27页 |
| 2.1 Ethical Criticism in Western Countries | 第19-22页 |
| 2.2 Ethical Literary Criticism in China | 第22-24页 |
| 2.3 Ethical Responses from Ian McEwan | 第24-27页 |
| CHAPTER THREE ETHICAL DYSTOPIA IN AMSTERDAM | 第27-39页 |
| 3.1 Moral Corruption in the Political Arena | 第29-33页 |
| 3.2 Decadence of the Press | 第33-39页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR ETHICAL DISHARMONY IN AMSTERDAM | 第39-49页 |
| 4.1 Vulnerability of Marital Relations | 第39-45页 |
| 4.1.1 Gender Conflicts in the Private Domain | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Distortion of Marital Relationship | 第42-45页 |
| 4.2 Disharmony between Nature and Human beings | 第45-49页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE ETHICAL DILEMMA IN AMSTERDAM | 第49-65页 |
| 5.1 Artistic Creativity and Heroism | 第51-57页 |
| 5.2 Personal Ambition and Public Responsibility | 第57-61页 |
| 5.3 Euthanasia | 第61-65页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第65-69页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第69-72页 |
