| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Jack London and his literary career | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第13-17页 |
| 1.3 Research task,method and structure | 第17-19页 |
| 2. Disease Writing in London's South Sea Stories | 第19-40页 |
| 2.1 Disease resulted from ecological disruption | 第19-27页 |
| 2.1.1 Tropical climate and the outbreak of disease | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Invasive organisms and the high incidence of related disease | 第21-25页 |
| 2.1.3 The native environmental disruption and spreading of disease | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2 Disease resulted from negative social environment | 第27-34页 |
| 2.2.1 Poor living conditions | 第27-30页 |
| 2.2.2 Population growth and increasing fluidity of population | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2.3 The rapid development of maritime industry | 第31-34页 |
| 2.3 Disease resulted from psychological imbalance | 第34-40页 |
| 2.3.1 Stress and negative emotion and personality | 第34-37页 |
| 2.3.2 Unhealthy mental defense systems | 第37-40页 |
| 3. Disease as a Product of Imperialism | 第40-47页 |
| 3.1 The product of imperialist territorial expansion | 第40-43页 |
| 3.2 The by-product of imperialist economic expansion | 第43-44页 |
| 3.3 The result of imperialist cultural colonization | 第44-47页 |
| 4. Disease as London's Criticism of Imperialism | 第47-58页 |
| 4.1 Disease as destruction from imperialism | 第47-52页 |
| 4.1.1 Disease as material destruction | 第47-49页 |
| 4.1.2 Disease as spiritual destruction | 第49-52页 |
| 4.2 Disease as a metaphor to criticize imperialism | 第52-58页 |
| 4.2.1 Disease as criticism of the aggressive nature of imperialism | 第52-55页 |
| 4.2.2 Disease as condemnation of imperial civilization | 第55-58页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-62页 |
