| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-19页 |
| 1.1 Significance of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Framework | 第14-17页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LIFE IN A HOSTILE AND IRRATIONAL WORLD | 第19-27页 |
| 2.1 The Menace of Terrorism to Americans | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2 People's Sense of Alienation in Postmodern Society | 第23-27页 |
| CHAPTER THREE MANIFESTATION OF THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN THE TRAUMATIZED CHARACTERS | 第27-47页 |
| 3.1 Survivors' Loss or Dissociation of Selfhood | 第27-36页 |
| 3.2 Witnesses' Anxiety and Distress | 第36-42页 |
| 3.3 The Terrorist Hammad Acting in Bad Faith | 第42-47页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RECONSTRUCTION OF A MEANINGFUL LIFE | 第47-58页 |
| 4.1 Reconnecting with Others and Narrating Stories | 第48-51页 |
| 4.2 Becoming a Free and Authentic Individual | 第51-55页 |
| 4.3 Facing up to the Reality of Death | 第55-58页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第58-61页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第61-64页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第64页 |
