| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| ·Social Background of America after the Second World War | 第9-11页 |
| ·Jack Kerouac:"King of the Beats" and On the Road | 第11-19页 |
| Chapter Two Subculture Countering to the Mainstream Culture | 第19-34页 |
| ·Dean as the Free-Spirited Existence of the Road | 第19-24页 |
| ·Flight Away from Women | 第24-28页 |
| ·Whiteness as Representation of Materialism and Conformity | 第28-34页 |
| Chapter Three Two Cultural Aspects of On the Road and Spontaneous Composition | 第34-53页 |
| ·Zen Buddhism | 第34-41页 |
| ·Bop:the Resistance to Mass Cultural Absorption | 第41-46页 |
| ·Spontaneous Composition | 第46-53页 |
| Chapter Four On the Road and the Beat Generation | 第53-59页 |
| ·Sal's Going Halfway during the Spiritual Journey | 第53-56页 |
| ·Reassessment of the Beat Generation | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
