| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-22页 |
| ·Biographical Introduction to Poe | 第13-15页 |
| ·Poe's Irreplaceable Literary Status | 第15-17页 |
| ·Introduction to the Three Short Stories | 第17-20页 |
| ·Plot Summaries of the Three Short Stories | 第17-19页 |
| ·Brief Reception of these Three Short Stories | 第19-20页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-36页 |
| ·Literature Review on Poe Studies | 第22-29页 |
| ·International Poe Studies | 第22-26页 |
| ·Domestic Studies on Poe's Short Stories | 第26-29页 |
| ·Review of the Three Short Stories | 第29-35页 |
| ·Review of "The Man of the Crowd" | 第29-32页 |
| ·Review of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" | 第32-35页 |
| ·Summary and the Standpoint of Research | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Frame Work | 第36-50页 |
| ·References for Existentialism | 第36-39页 |
| ·Definitions of Existentialism | 第36-37页 |
| ·Comments on Existentialism | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Existential Perspective of the Three Key Terms | 第39-50页 |
| ·Loneliness from an Existential Perspective | 第39-42页 |
| ·Existential Isolation and Alienation | 第42-46页 |
| ·Absurdity from an Existential Perspective | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter Four Discussion | 第50-76页 |
| ·A Doomed Lonely Soul:Loneliness | 第50-58页 |
| ·Failure of Communication:Isolation and Alienation | 第58-67页 |
| ·The Essence of the World:Absurdity | 第67-76页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第76-79页 |
| ·Significance and Feasibility of the Study | 第76页 |
| ·Summery of the Correspondence between Poe's Protagonists and Existential Characters | 第76-77页 |
| ·Findings and Weakness | 第77-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-84页 |
| Appendix | 第84页 |
