| Aeknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract(in English) | 第8-10页 |
| Abstract(in Chinese) | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| 1.Saul Bellow and His Works | 第12-13页 |
| 2.Literature Review | 第13-17页 |
| 3.Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One A Survey of Picaresque Novel | 第19-29页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Picaresque Novel | 第19-26页 |
| ·Definition,Origin and Basic Characteristics of Picaresque Novel | 第19-22页 |
| ·Development of Picaresque Novel in Britain and America | 第22-26页 |
| ·Saul Bellow's Preoccupation with Picaresque Novel | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Two Inheritance of Traditional Picaresque Novel | 第29-38页 |
| ·Inheritance of Picaresque Theme | 第30-33页 |
| ·Ejection and Escape | 第30-31页 |
| ·"On-the-Road" Travel | 第31-32页 |
| ·Ultimate Return | 第32-33页 |
| ·Inheritance of Picaresque Narrative | 第33-38页 |
| ·The First-Person Point of View | 第33-34页 |
| ·Characterization of the Picaro:A "Failed outsider" | 第34-36页 |
| ·Episodic Structure | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three Transcendence over Picaresque Theme:from Adventures to Spiritual Quest | 第38-53页 |
| ·Henderson's Spiritual Wasteland | 第39-44页 |
| ·Henderson's Inner Voice "I Want" | 第40-41页 |
| ·Alienation | 第41-43页 |
| ·Fear of Death | 第43-44页 |
| ·Seeking a Way out of Spiritual Wasteland | 第44-48页 |
| ·Africa's Healing Power | 第44-45页 |
| ·Enlightenment from Queen Willa | 第45-46页 |
| ·Enlightenment from King Dahfu | 第46-48页 |
| ·Reconciliation with His Spiritual Wasteland | 第48-53页 |
| ·Reconciliation with Reality | 第48-49页 |
| ·Reconciliation with Alienation | 第49-50页 |
| ·Reconciliation with Death | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Four Transcendence over Picaresque Narrative | 第53-69页 |
| ·A Hybrid of Picaresque Realism and Romanticism | 第53-58页 |
| ·Exuberant Imagination | 第55-56页 |
| ·Animal Images in Henderson the Rain King | 第56-58页 |
| ·Characterization of the Modern Picaro | 第58-63页 |
| ·Henderson as a Parody of Traditional Picaro | 第58-60页 |
| ·Henderson as a Modern Sisyphus | 第60-62页 |
| ·Henderson as a Modern Moses | 第62-63页 |
| ·Other Narrative Techniques | 第63-69页 |
| ·Free Association | 第63-65页 |
| ·Time Montage | 第65-67页 |
| ·Open-Ending | 第67-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-70页 |
| Notes | 第70-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-80页 |
| 在学期间的科研成果及发表的论文 | 第80页 |
