| Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| Chapter One John Updike the Person and Rabbit Redux the Novel | 第11-17页 |
| 1．1 Insight form life: John Updike the person | 第11-14页 |
| 1．2 Rabbit Redux the novel | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two The Theories of Marshall McLuhan | 第17-21页 |
| 2．1 The vision of “the global village” | 第17页 |
| 2．2 “The medium is the message” | 第17-19页 |
| 2．3 Other consequences of modern communication media | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three From Flight, Fight To Fantasy | 第21-42页 |
| 3．1 The coldness and perplexity resulting from the technological evolution | 第21-30页 |
| 3．1．1 Linear perception in conflict with multidimensional perspectives | 第21-26页 |
| 3．1．2 The mental isolation of modern people | 第26-27页 |
| 3．1．3 The decentralization of human activities | 第27-28页 |
| 3．1．4 The dehumanizing consequence of the new technology | 第28-30页 |
| 3．1．5 Rabbit's emotional deadness and perplexity in the electronic communication society | 第30页 |
| 3．2 The quester in the circular | 第30-38页 |
| 3．2．1 The peaceful pursuit and its failure | 第32-35页 |
| 3．2．2 The turbulent exploration and its collapse | 第35-38页 |
| 3．3 The survivor by means of autotomy | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第42-44页 |
| Notes | 第44-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-49页 |
