| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-24页 |
| Chapter One The Social and Cultural Contexts of Sister Carrie | 第24-32页 |
| ·The Rise of Consumer Culture at the Turn of the 19th Century America | 第24-27页 |
| ·Consumer Culture and Its Influence both on the American Dream and on New Women | 第27-32页 |
| ·Consumer Culture and Its Influence on the American Dream | 第27-30页 |
| ·Women in the Consumer Culture | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Two The Positive Influence of Consumer Culture onCarrie's Self-actualization | 第32-56页 |
| ·Desire,a Drive of Action | 第32-35页 |
| ·Identification with the Middle Class | 第35-42页 |
| ·Decent Clothing and Proper Behavior | 第36-40页 |
| ·A Matching Job | 第40-42页 |
| ·Her Blues,Her Property | 第42-48页 |
| ·The Being of Her Blues | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Return of Her Blues | 第45-48页 |
| ·Carrie's Pursuit as a New Woman | 第48-56页 |
| Chapter Three Carrie's Victimization in the Context of ConsumerCulture | 第56-70页 |
| ·The Representation of the Body as Capital and Fetish | 第56-60页 |
| ·Interpersonal Relationship in Consumer Culture | 第60-64页 |
| ·Lack of Happiness | 第64-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-75页 |
| Works Cited | 第75-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77页 |
| 附 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第77页 |
