| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Part Ⅰ Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| ·An Introduction to Susan Sontag and In America | 第9-11页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research purpose and project | 第14-18页 |
| Part Ⅱ Susan Sontag's view of "self" embodied in her life experience and works | 第18-29页 |
| ·Sontag's "self" in her life and career experience | 第18-26页 |
| ·The motif of "self" in Sontag's works | 第26-29页 |
| Part Ⅲ Susan Sontag's view of "self" reflected in the character in In America | 第29-39页 |
| ·Carl R. Rogers' self theory: a tendency to actualize the ideal self | 第29-30页 |
| ·Maryna's journey to the ideal self in In America | 第30-33页 |
| ·A comparison between Maryna and the historical prototype | 第33-36页 |
| ·The view of "self" embodied in Maryna | 第36-39页 |
| Part Ⅳ The Influence of American individualism on Sontag's formation of "self" in In America | 第39-49页 |
| ·An introduction to American individualism and its thought on "self" | 第39-41页 |
| ·The influence of American individualism on In America | 第41-45页 |
| ·Susan Sontag's critique of "self" in American individualism | 第45-49页 |
| Part Ⅴ Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-52页 |
