| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-12页 |
| 1． Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| 1．1 Fitzgerald and his The Great Gatsby | 第12-14页 |
| 1．2 The historical review of The Great Gatsby | 第14-19页 |
| 2． The Theory of Structuralism | 第19-30页 |
| 2．1 The general principle of Structuralism | 第20-24页 |
| 2．1．1 Structuralism and literature | 第21-22页 |
| 2．1．2 Structuralism and narrative | 第22-24页 |
| 2．2 The theory of Greimas on Semantics | 第24-27页 |
| 2．3 The theory of Todorov on Syntactics | 第27-30页 |
| 3． Binary Oppositions in Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby | 第30-40页 |
| 3．1 Binary oppositions in Fitzgerald's life and writing | 第30-33页 |
| 3．2 Binary oppositions in The Great Gatsby | 第33-40页 |
| 3．2．1 Binary oppositions in theme | 第33-34页 |
| 3．2．2 Binary oppositions in setting | 第34-36页 |
| 3．2．3 Binary oppositions in characters | 第36-37页 |
| 3．2．4 Binary oppositions in symbols | 第37-40页 |
| 4． The Pattern of Actions in The Great Gatsby | 第40-54页 |
| 4．1 The action of The Great Gatsby in the narrative | 第41-43页 |
| 4．2 The pattern of actions in theme | 第43-45页 |
| 4．3 The pattern of actions in characters | 第45-54页 |
| 4．3．1 Seek---find---lose---seek | 第45-48页 |
| 4．3．2 Seek for dreams---love and wealth | 第48-54页 |
| 5． Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-58页 |
