| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第9-10页 |
| 2.The historical development of humanism and its central ideals | 第10-18页 |
| ·Humanistic ideas in ancient Greece and ancient Rome | 第10-11页 |
| ·The absolute control of religion in the Middle Ages | 第11-12页 |
| ·Rebirth of Humanism in the Renaissance | 第12-14页 |
| ·Humanist movement from post-Renaissance to the modern times | 第14-16页 |
| ·A general understanding of modern humanism | 第16-18页 |
| 3.Reader-response criticism as a reaction against the old doctrines | 第18-23页 |
| ·The quasi-religious mood and scientism in criticisms before the 19605 | 第18-21页 |
| ·Reaction from reader-response criticism | 第21-23页 |
| 4.The striking theoretical features of reader-response criticism | 第23-40页 |
| ·The affirmation of the reader as a creator by reader-response critics | 第23-29页 |
| ·The affirmation of the reader’s needs by the reader-response critics | 第29-35页 |
| ·The promotion of democracy by reader-response critics | 第35-40页 |
| 5.Conclusion | 第40-43页 |
| Works Cited | 第43-45页 |
