ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-9页 |
ABSTRACT | 第9-10页 |
摘要 | 第10-11页 |
CONTENTS | 第11-13页 |
CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第13-20页 |
·A Brief Introduction of Carson McCullers | 第13-15页 |
·The Plot of The Ballad of the Sad Café | 第15-16页 |
·Significance of the Study | 第16-18页 |
·Organization of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-26页 |
·Researches on The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Abroad | 第20-22页 |
·Researches on The Ballad of the Sad Cafe in China | 第22-26页 |
CHAPTER Ⅲ EXISTENTIALISM | 第26-37页 |
·The Origin and Development of Existentialism | 第26-28页 |
·The Central Propositions of Existentialism | 第28-33页 |
·The Belief that Existence Precedes Essence | 第28-29页 |
·Predicaments of Man’s Existence | 第29-31页 |
·Meaning of Freedom, Choice and Responsibility | 第31-33页 |
·Sartre’s View of “The Other” | 第33页 |
·Existentialist Literature | 第33-35页 |
·Existentialism in America | 第35-37页 |
CHAPTER Ⅳ AN EXISTENTIAL ANALYSIS OF THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE | 第37-64页 |
·The Existential Living of the Townsfolk | 第37-43页 |
·Weak Religious Beliefs of the Townsfolk, an Expression of Existence Precedes Essence | 第37-40页 |
·Loneliness of the Townsfolk and Meaninglessness of Their Life | 第40-43页 |
·The Existential Living of Miss Amelia | 第43-48页 |
·Miss Amelia’s Struggle for a Meaningful Life | 第43-45页 |
·Collapse of Miss Amelia’s Self-subjectivity | 第45-46页 |
·Miss Amelia’s Confrontation with the Absurdity | 第46-48页 |
·Freedom of Choice and Responsibility | 第48-52页 |
·Miss Amelia’s Freedom and Responsibility | 第48-50页 |
·Marvin Macy’s Freedom and Responsibility | 第50-51页 |
·Lymon’s Freedom and Responsibility | 第51-52页 |
·The Representation of the Belief “Hell is Other People” | 第52-59页 |
·Lymon and Amelia: Hell to Each Other | 第53-55页 |
·Miss Amelia and Marvin Macy: Hell to Each Other | 第55-57页 |
·Marvin Macy and Lymon: Hell to Each Other | 第57-59页 |
·Predicaments of Miss Amelia, Marvin Macy and Lymon | 第59-61页 |
·Carson McCuller’s Humanistic Concern about Man’s Existence | 第61-64页 |
CHAPTER Ⅴ CONCLUSION | 第64-66页 |
WORKS CITED | 第66-69页 |