| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| ·A brief review of Philip Roth and his works | 第12-14页 |
| ·Roth’s writing features and literary tradition | 第14-16页 |
| ·Roth’s Jewishness | 第16-17页 |
| ·Philip Roth and the Holocaust and the sense of fear | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Two Fear from the Jewish Historic Shadow | 第20-29页 |
| ·Eil Peck’s fear evoked by the Jewish image in Ghettos in Eil, the Fanatic | 第23-24页 |
| ·“Roth”’s fear in The Plot Against America | 第24-29页 |
| Chapter Three Fear From Human Being Himself and Reality of Society | 第29-39页 |
| ·Marcus’fear of war in Indignation | 第30-31页 |
| ·Everyman’s fear in Everyman | 第31-39页 |
| ·Everyman’s fear from insecurity of American society | 第32-34页 |
| ·Everyman’s fear from loss of community life in America | 第34页 |
| ·Everyman’s fear from abandoning religious belief | 第34-37页 |
| ·Everyman’s fear from self-awareness and sense of “Nothing” | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Fear From both the Historic Memory and the Present Predicament | 第39-49页 |
| ·The fear of Marcus’father in Indignation | 第39-42页 |
| ·Alex’s fear in Portnoy’s Complaint | 第42-44页 |
| ·Kepesh’s fear in The Breast | 第44-49页 |
| ·Kepesh’s fear from the memory of the Holocaust | 第45-46页 |
| ·Kepesh’s fear of being castrated | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Five Fear From the Uncertain Future of Jews | 第49-59页 |
| ·Roth’s fear in Patrimony from worrying about American Jewish fate | 第49-51页 |
| ·Zuckerman’s fear in Exit Ghost from aggressiveness of some American Jews | 第51-52页 |
| ·The fear of “Roth”from the predicament of Israel in Operation Shylock | 第52-55页 |
| ·Zukerman’s fear in The Anatomy Lesson from worrying about the future of American Jewish Culture | 第55-59页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第59-63页 |
| References | 第63-66页 |
