| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第13-20页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to Henry James | 第13-16页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Introduction to Washington Square | 第16-20页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-26页 |
| 2.1 Studies Abroad | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Studies at Home | 第23-26页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第26-33页 |
| 3.1 The Origin and Development of Existentialism | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 Sartre and His Main Thoughts | 第27-33页 |
| 3.2.1 A Brief Introduction to Sartre and His Works | 第27-28页 |
| 3.2.2 Sartre’s Views on Absolute Freedom | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2.3 Sartre’s Views on Nausea, Absurdity and Superfluity | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.4 Sartre’s Views on Responsibility | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2.5 Sartre’s Philosophical Features | 第31-33页 |
| CHAPTER IV EXISTENTIALIST THOUGHTS REFLECTED INCATHERINE | 第33-48页 |
| 4.1 The Choices Made for Freedom | 第33-37页 |
| 4.2 The Unhappiness of Catherine: the Conflict between Subjectivity andObjectivity | 第37-44页 |
| 4.2.1 Nausea Felt after Her Father’s Strong Opposition to Her Marriage toMorris | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2.2 Nausea Felt after Being Dumped | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2.3 Nausea Felt When Morris Reappears after Her Father’s Death | 第43-44页 |
| 4.3 The Responsibility of Catherine: The Price Paid for Freedom | 第44-48页 |
| CHAPTER V THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OF MORRIS | 第48-55页 |
| 5.1 Wooing Catherine: His Choice For Absolute Freedom | 第48-50页 |
| 5.2 Nauseous Feeling of Morris | 第50-53页 |
| 5.3 The Responsibility of Morris:A Witness to His Own Unhappiness | 第53-55页 |
| CHAPTER VI THE DILEMMA DR.SLOPER FACING IN WASHINGTONSQUARE | 第55-59页 |
| 6.1 Real Limits to Dr Sloper’s Freedom | 第55-56页 |
| 6.2 Nauseous Feeling of Dr Sloper | 第56-59页 |
| CHAPTER VII CONCLUSION | 第59-62页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第62-64页 |
