声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Introduction of Richard Yates and Revolutionary Road
1．2 Literature Review
1．3 Originality of the Thesis
1．4 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Introduction of and His Theory on Anxiety
Chapter Three The Wheelers’ Lasting Anxiety
3．1 The Manifestations of the Wheelers’ Anxiety
3．1．1 Loneliness and Loss of the Sense of Belonging due to the Empty Community Life
3．1．2 Individual’s Powerlessness to Love
3．2 The Wheelers’ Failed Methods for Relief
3．2．1 The Constructive Method：Establishing a Community Theater
3．2．2 The Negative Method：the Frantic Sexual Behaviour
Chapter Four Modernity and the Wheelers’ Anxiety
4．1 Modernity：a Threat to the Value of Being
4．1．1 The Wheelers’ Questioning of the Meaning of Life
4．1．2 The Wheelers’ Ultimate Failure to Pursue the Value of Being
4．2 Modernity：a Threat to the Sense of Security
4．2．1 The Overwhelming Fears in the Age of Anxiety
4．2．2 The Symbiotic Relationship between Frank Wheeler and April Wheeler
Chapter Five Americanness and the Wheelers’ Anxiety
5．1 Amerieanness：Aggravating Loneliness and Alienation
5．1．1 Competitive Individualism in American Culture
5．1．2 Frank Wheeler’s Predicament of Self-alienation
5．2 Americanness：Clinging to Conformity and April’s Rebelling
5．2．1 The Incompatibility between the Development of the Self and Automation Conformity
5．2．2 April Wheeler：the Representative of American Revolutionary Spirit
Chapter Six Conclusion
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