| Abstract (English) | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One J. R. R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter Two The Reviews and the Theory of the “Secondary World” | 第16-24页 |
| Chapter Three The Self-discovery and Self-struggle | 第24-41页 |
| Ⅰ. The Valiant in Predicament—Aragorn | 第24-28页 |
| 1. The Strider and Returned King | 第24-26页 |
| 2. The Emerging Heroic Spirit on the “Paths of the Dead” | 第26页 |
| 3. The Apotheosized Average Man—Aragorn the Returned King | 第26-28页 |
| Ⅱ. The Weakest and the Greatest Heroes—the “Insignificant”Halflings | 第28-34页 |
| 1. The Mission—Frodo’s Persevering Quest | 第28-30页 |
| 2. The Courage of the Weakest Character—the Growth and Development of the Young Hero | 第30-31页 |
| 3. The Best Annotation of Friendship and Faithfulness—Sam | 第31-34页 |
| Ⅲ. The Torturous Struggle of the “Double”—Gollum | 第34-39页 |
| 1. The “Double”—Sméagol and Gollum | 第34-35页 |
| 2. Gollum’s Struggle—Faithfulness or Treachery | 第35-38页 |
| 3. Treacherous but Absolutely Necessary Gollum | 第38-39页 |
| Ⅳ. The Perfect Ending—the Quest for His Own Place | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four The Hope and Hopeless Courage | 第41-51页 |
| Ⅰ. The Magical Characters in the Fantasy Novel | 第41-46页 |
| 1. The Enigmatical Characters—Tom Bombadil and Treebeard | 第41-43页 |
| 2. The Dying Beauty—Lothlórien | 第43-44页 |
| 3. Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White—the Resurrection of the Wizard | 第44-46页 |
| Ⅱ. The Weakest Characters and the Hopeless Courage | 第46-48页 |
| Ⅲ. The True Fantasy | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Five The Escapism in The Lord of the Rings | 第51-56页 |
| Ⅰ. The Lord of the Rings—Escape from the Reality | 第51-53页 |
| Ⅱ. The New Understanding of Escape | 第53-54页 |
| Ⅲ. The Significance of The Lord of the Rings as an Example of the Escape Literature | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第56-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-66页 |
