| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Part One Teenagers' Laureate | 第9-18页 |
| Ⅰ The Birth of a Young Adult Writer | 第9-13页 |
| Ⅱ Characteristics of Young Adult Literature Before Robert Cormier | 第13-18页 |
| Part Two Hope or Despair—the Controversial Themes | 第18-39页 |
| Ⅰ The Dark ”Chocolate War” | 第18-35页 |
| 1． Confrontation of Good and Evil—a Gallery of Villains | 第18-27页 |
| 2． The Dark Chocolate Controversy | 第27-35页 |
| Ⅱ The Lonely Cheese | 第35-39页 |
| Part Three Simplicity Embroiled with Complexity—the Ingenious Style | 第39-51页 |
| Ⅰ Simple Diction and Simple Sentence Contributing to Rich Theme | 第41-43页 |
| Ⅱ Diversified Technique: Interweaving of Simile, Metaphor, Symbol and Image | 第43-46页 |
| Ⅲ Labyrinthine Structure | 第46-51页 |
| Part Four Conclusion: To Live with an Act of Faith | 第51-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
