| Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| Chapter One Quest-myth as an Archetype in Henderson the Rain King | 第13-31页 |
| ·About the Author, His Works and the Brief Critical History of His Works | 第13-17页 |
| ·A General Introduction to the Novel | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Quest-myth Archetype in Henderson the Rain King | 第20-31页 |
| ·Bellow's Use of the Quest-theme | 第20-21页 |
| ·Henderson: an Archetypal Hero Analogous to the Greek Mythology | 第21-24页 |
| ·Henderson: as an Archetype of the Modern Man | 第24-31页 |
| Chapter Two Quest for Individual Existential Value: Henderson's Journey to Africa | 第31-53页 |
| ·The American Section: the Reason to Go to Africa | 第31-38页 |
| ·The Urge of the Inner Voice | 第32-35页 |
| ·Alienation in Henderson's Relations with Others | 第35-38页 |
| ·Henderson's Trip to Africa | 第38-49页 |
| ·The Archetypal Meaning of Africa in This Work | 第38-41页 |
| ·Henderson's Trip to Arnewi—a Failure | 第41-44页 |
| ·The Trip to Wariri—a Transition to the Reality | 第44-49页 |
| ·The Ending of the Story—Return to Civilization | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter Three Return of the Hero: the Completion of the Quest-myth | 第53-72页 |
| ·Elements that Promote the Protagonist's Quest | 第54-64页 |
| ·Death—the Activator in Henderson's Transformation | 第54-57页 |
| ·Animals—the Promoter in the Change of the Protagonist | 第57-64页 |
| ·The Settlement of the Existential Problem in the Novel | 第64-68页 |
| ·The Completion of the Quest-myth | 第68-72页 |
| Conclusion | 第72-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-81页 |
