| 中文摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第6-13页 |
| 1.1 AN INTRODUCTION TO IRIS MURDOCH AND THE SEA, THE SEA | 第6-7页 |
| 1.2 A LITERATURE REVIEW ON IRIS MURDOCH AND THE NOVEL THE SEA, THESEA | 第7-11页 |
| 1.3 BASIS OF THE RESEARCH AND REASON FOR CHOOSING THE TOPIC | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER TWO IRIS MURDOCH’S MORAL PHILOSOPHY | 第13-22页 |
| 2.1 CONTEMPORARY ATTEMPTS TO ARTICULATE“SELF” | 第13-16页 |
| 2.2 MORALITY IN A WORLD WITHOUT GOD: THE REALITY OF THE GOOD | 第16-20页 |
| 2.3 FROM APPEARANCE TO REALITY: ATTENTION | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER THREE CHARLES’ SOLIPSISM IN THE NOVEL | 第22-36页 |
| 3.1 ILLUSION OF LOVE: CHARLES’ PURSUIT OF HARTLEY | 第23-31页 |
| 3.1.1 The Desire to Reverse Time Order | 第25-26页 |
| 3.1.2 The Desire to Impose Form and Order | 第26-28页 |
| 3.1.3 The Desire to Control | 第28-31页 |
| 3.2 CHARLES’ FANCIFUL BATTLE WITH HIS COUSIN JAMES | 第31-36页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE PILGRIMAGE TO GOOD | 第36-43页 |
| 4.1 THE HEALING EFFECT OF NATURE | 第36-38页 |
| 4.2 THE HEALING EFFECT OF PHYSICAL OBJECTS | 第38-39页 |
| 4.3 THE HEALING EFFECT OF BEREAVEMENT | 第39-43页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第43-47页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第47-48页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第48-49页 |
