| ABSTRACT | 第1-11页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第11-18页 |
| CHAPTER ONE THE DIFFICULT STATE OF EXISTENCE | 第18-33页 |
| ·THE ABSURD WORLD AROUND WILHELM | 第18-21页 |
| ·ALIENATION OF RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PEOPLE | 第21-26页 |
| ·Alienation of Parent-Child Relationship | 第21-23页 |
| ·Alienation of Spousal Relationship | 第23-25页 |
| ·Alienation of Interpersonal Relationship | 第25-26页 |
| ·WILHELM’S ANXIETY OF BEING | 第26-33页 |
| ·Sense of Loneliness | 第27-28页 |
| ·Sense of Marginality | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Disillusionment of American Dream | 第30-33页 |
| CHAPTER TWO QUEST FOR MEANING OF EXISTENCE | 第33-50页 |
| ·QUEST FOR SELF-WORTH | 第33-35页 |
| ·QUEST FOR ROMANTIC LOVE | 第35-37页 |
| ·QUEST FOR THE TRUE MEANING OF LIFE | 第37-50页 |
| ·Quest for Biological Father | 第38-43页 |
| ·Quest for Spiritual Father | 第43-50页 |
| CHAPTER THREE AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EXISTENCE | 第50-61页 |
| ·THE IMPORTANCE OF BROTHERHOOD | 第50-55页 |
| ·AN EPIPHANY OF FACING DEATH | 第55-61页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第61-64页 |
| NOTES | 第64-68页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第68-71页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第71-72页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第72页 |
