| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| 1. Literature Review | 第11-13页 |
| ·A Review of Research on Beauty and the Beast | 第11-13页 |
| ·A Review of the Application of Evolutionary Psychology to Literary Criticism | 第13页 |
| 2. The Aims and Significance of This Thesis | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Evolutionary Psychology | 第16-22页 |
| ·Evolutionary Psychology and Evolved Psychological Mechanism | 第16-19页 |
| ·Employment of Evolutionary Psychology in Beauty and the Beast | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter 2 Factors of Survival Mechanism | 第22-35页 |
| ·Obtaining and Choosing Food | 第23-26页 |
| ·Finding Living Place | 第26-29页 |
| ·Mental Resistance Mechanism:Anxiety and Fear | 第29-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Factors of Social Status and Social Dominance | 第35-44页 |
| ·Significance of Status and Dominance | 第35-36页 |
| ·Determinants of Dominance and the Embodiments on the Beast | 第36-41页 |
| ·Benefit of Dominance for the Beast:Mate of High Quality | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Factors of Mate Selection Mechanism | 第44-63页 |
| ·Mate Selection Criteria of Women | 第44-55页 |
| ·Beauty's Requirements for Mate:Women's Mate Preferences | 第45-51页 |
| ·Factors of Beauty Herself:Context Effect on Women's Mate Preferences | 第51-55页 |
| ·Mate Selection Criteria of Men | 第55-63页 |
| ·The Beast's Requirements for Mate:Men's Mate Preferences | 第57-60页 |
| ·Factors of the Beast Himself. Context Effect on Men's Mate Preferences | 第60-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| 1. Major Findings of This Thesis | 第63-64页 |
| 2. Implications of This Thesis | 第64-65页 |
| 3. Limitations of This Thesis | 第65页 |
| 4. Suggestions for Future Study | 第65-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-72页 |
| Papers Published During the Study for M. A. Degree | 第72页 |
