| Acknowledgements | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1.Literature Review | 第11-19页 |
| ·Dreiser and Trilogy of Desire | 第11-15页 |
| ·Studies on Dreiser | 第11-12页 |
| ·Importance of Trilogy of Desire in Dreiser’s works | 第12-13页 |
| ·Dreiser’s Place in American Literature | 第13-15页 |
| ·Previous studies on Trilogy of Desire | 第15-19页 |
| ·Foreign Studies | 第15-16页 |
| ·Domestic Studies | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter 2.Dreiser and His Women Characters | 第19-34页 |
| ·Dreiser’s View of Women and Their Characterization in His Novels | 第19-23页 |
| ·Women in Dreiser’s Life | 第19-20页 |
| ·Dreiser's Views of Women | 第20-22页 |
| ·Women Characters in Dreiser’s Novels | 第22-23页 |
| ·Women Characters in Trilogy of Desire | 第23-28页 |
| ·Cowperwood’s Mother | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cowperwood’s Wives | 第24-27页 |
| ·Cowperwood’s Mistress | 第27-28页 |
| ·Symbolism Employed in Sketching Cowperwood and Women Characters | 第28-31页 |
| ·Symbolic meaning of Spider and Web: Trapping and Trapped | 第28-31页 |
| ·Importance of Women Characters | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Themes Developed through Depiction of Women Characters | 第34-52页 |
| ·Background to the Ideology of Dreiser’s Day | 第34-37页 |
| ·Social Background | 第34-36页 |
| ·Mainstream Morality | 第36-37页 |
| ·Dominant Themes Explored through Women Characters | 第37-52页 |
| ·Hedonism | 第37-40页 |
| ·Definition | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Reflection of Hedonism in the Trilogy by the Depiction of Women Characters | 第38-40页 |
| ·Consumerism | 第40-46页 |
| ·Dreiser’s Ideology of Consumption | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Struggle of Consumer Culture | 第42-46页 |
| ·Naturalism | 第46-52页 |
| ·Definition of Naturism | 第46页 |
| ·Dreiser’s Ideology of Naturalism | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Reflection of Naturalism in the Trilogy by the Depiction of Women Characters | 第48-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-57页 |
