| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| ·Current Research on Willa Cather and Mandumai | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Innovation of This Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Relationship between the Watchers and Nature | 第19-39页 |
| ·The Definition of Watchers | 第19-20页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Nature | 第20-23页 |
| ·Watching for the Harmonious Relationship Between Men and Lands | 第23-31页 |
| ·Land Watchers in Willa Gather's Works | 第23-27页 |
| ·Alexandra—Watching for Land by Cooperation | 第25-26页 |
| ·Antonia and Jim— Watching for Land by Regression | 第26-27页 |
| ·Land Watchers in Mandumai's Works | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Grey-Haired Man—Watching for Land for His Beliefs | 第28-29页 |
| ·Gamtza—Watching for Land for His Promise | 第29-30页 |
| ·Sobud Ejji—Watching for Land with Her Selfless Love | 第30-31页 |
| ·Watching for the Harmonious Relationship Between Men and Animals | 第31-39页 |
| ·Animal Watchers in Willa Cather's Works | 第31-34页 |
| ·Ivar—Watching for Animals As a God Selected Man | 第32-33页 |
| ·Mrs Burden—Watching for Animals for Respect | 第33-34页 |
| ·Animal Watchers in Mandumai's Works | 第34-39页 |
| ·Yamatt Ejji—Watching for Animals for Her Great Love | 第35-36页 |
| ·Gamtza—Watching for Animals for His Grateful Sentiment | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter 4 The Watchers and the Goodness in Human Nature | 第39-48页 |
| ·The Understanding of Human Nature | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Goodness in Human Nature Reflected in Willa Gather's Works | 第41-43页 |
| ·Alexandra—Watching for the Goodness in Human Nature by Approaching God | 第41-42页 |
| ·Antonia—Watching for the Goodness in Human Nature by Escaping | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Goodness in Human Nature Reflected in Mandumai's Works | 第43-48页 |
| ·Najid and "I"—Watching for the Goodness in Human Nature by the Inspiration from Wolves | 第43-46页 |
| ·Fat Ejji—Watching for the Goodness in Human Nature by the Way of Inheritance | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 5 The Spiritual World of Watchers | 第48-71页 |
| ·The Watchers' Love | 第48-55页 |
| ·The Understanding of Love | 第48-49页 |
| ·Love Watchers in Willa Cather's Works and Mandumai's Works | 第49-55页 |
| ·Watching for Friends Love | 第49-52页 |
| ·Watching for Sexual Love | 第52-55页 |
| ·The Watchers' Bewilderment | 第55-65页 |
| ·Loneliness | 第55-61页 |
| ·The Reason of Watcher's Loneliness | 第55-57页 |
| ·Images Used to Express the Feeling of Loneliness | 第57-61页 |
| ·Nostalgia and Homesickness | 第61-65页 |
| ·Homesickness and Nostalgia in Willa Cather's Works | 第61-63页 |
| ·Nostalgia in Mandumai's Works | 第63-65页 |
| ·The Watchers' Hope | 第65-71页 |
| ·Hope Represented in Willa Gather's Works | 第66-68页 |
| ·Hope Represented in Mandumai's Works | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第71-74页 |
| Notes | 第74-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-80页 |
