| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-21页 |
| 1.1 Sherwood Anderson and Winesburg,Ohio | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第11-19页 |
| 1.2.1 Literature review on Winesburg,Ohio | 第11-15页 |
| 1.2.2 Literature review on alienation | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2.3 Literature review on space theory | 第16-19页 |
| 1.3 Focus and structure of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| 2. Alienation Represented in Physical Space | 第21-37页 |
| 2.1 Characters' alienation reflected in living space | 第21-30页 |
| 2.1.1 Geo-graphical marginalization of the living place | 第21-25页 |
| 2.1.2 Normlessness of the interior setting | 第25-27页 |
| 2.1.3 Indoor isolation | 第27-30页 |
| 2.2 Characters' alienation set off by Winesburg's landscape | 第30-33页 |
| 2.3 Alienation reflected in characters' behavior in different physical spaces | 第33-37页 |
| 3. Alienation Represented in Mental Space | 第37-46页 |
| 3.1 Self-deception:Religious beliefs as disguise of personal needs | 第37-40页 |
| 3.2 Delusion:Fulfillment of real self in psychological world | 第40-43页 |
| 3.3 Memory:Compensation for alienated self in reality | 第43-46页 |
| 4. Alienation Represented in Social Space | 第46-59页 |
| 4.1 Meaningless interaction among townspeople | 第46-49页 |
| 4.2 Alienation of Winesburg's general milieu | 第49-54页 |
| 4.3 Alienation highlighted by the association with George Willard | 第54-59页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-66页 |
