| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| Introduction | 第8-31页 |
| 1. Willa Cather and Her Writing | 第8-10页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第10-23页 |
| 2.1 A Brief Introduction to The Professor's House and Death Comes for the Archbishop | 第10-11页 |
| 2.2 The Literature Review of the Two Novels | 第11-23页 |
| 3. A Summarized Presentation of Identity Construction Theory | 第23-29页 |
| 3.1 The Concept of Identity and Relevant Theories | 第23-26页 |
| 3.2 Theoretical Mechanism of Identity Construction and Correlative Propositions | 第26-29页 |
| 4. Thesis Statement and Organization | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter One Transitional Period—Late 19th Century to Early 20th Century | 第31-42页 |
| 1.1 The First World War | 第31-33页 |
| 1.2 The Development of Industrial Civilization and the Rising of A Consumer Society | 第33-36页 |
| 1.3 Cultural Nationalism and the Americanization Movement | 第36-42页 |
| 1.3.1 Cultural Nationalism | 第36-38页 |
| 1.3.2 The Americanization Movement | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Two The Self Quest and Identity Construction | 第42-86页 |
| 2.1 Willa Cather's Exploration and Concept of Identity | 第42-45页 |
| 2.2 The Subjects' Identity Anxiety and Confusion | 第45-60页 |
| 2.2.1 The Frustrated Intellectual-Professor St. Peter | 第46-50页 |
| 2.2.2 The Wandering Spirit-Tom Outland | 第50-52页 |
| 2.2.3 The Jewish Elite-Louie Marsellus | 第52-55页 |
| 2.2.4 The Pioneers in the Southwest Father Latour and Father Vaillant | 第55-57页 |
| 2.2.5 The Guardians of the Indians-Jacinto,Eusabio,and Manuelito | 第57-60页 |
| 2.3 The Subjects'Pursuit and Construction of Identity | 第60-86页 |
| 2.3.1 Memory and Identity Construction | 第60-69页 |
| 2.3.2 Language and Identity Construction | 第69-75页 |
| 2.3.3 Space and Identity Construction | 第75-86页 |
| Chapter Three Cultural Fusion-Reshaping the Identity and ApproachingDiverse Symbiosis | 第86-114页 |
| 3.1 Willa Cather's Awareness of Multiculturalism | 第86-88页 |
| 3.2 Exploring National Cultural Identity in the Cultural Worship and Identification | 第88-98页 |
| 3.2.1 From the Relics of Cliff City to the Actual Present Indian People | 第90-95页 |
| 3.2.2 From Solitary Self Maintaining to Assimilating into Communities | 第95-98页 |
| 3.3 The Preservation of Multi-identity Under Integration | 第98-114页 |
| 3.3.1 The Methods and Media of the Subjects'Integration | 第98-108页 |
| 3.3.2 The Strategies for the Preservation of Multi-identity | 第108-114页 |
| Conclusion | 第114-117页 |
| Bibliography | 第117-123页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第123页 |
