序
前言
Chapter I Introduction
1.1 Literature Review
1.2 Between Psychoanalysis and Tennessee Williams
1.3 Method of Application
Chapter 2 Tennessee Williams" SelfPortrait as a Homosexual Artist
2.1 Female Characters as His Emotional Root
2.1.1 Lauraa poetic fragile otherworldly beauty
2.1.2 Blanchea surrealistic sexually perverted spirit
2.1.3 Almaan allegorical figure struggling to come out
2.2 Mythical Figures onthe Sacred Mission
2.2.1 Valentine XavierWilliams'' first''attempt to save the
world
2.2.2 Sebastian VenableWilliams'' Conversion to the Cruel God
2.2.3 ShannonWilliams'' seeking for his allloving God
2.3 Younger Personae on the Journey of Selfpursuit
2.3.1 Felicethe last effort to regain his artistic identity
2.3.2 Writerrevisiting his lost muses
2.3.3 Augustrecalling his old love
Conclusion
Chapter 3 Living on the Social Margin
3.1 Ostracism and Isolation
3.1.1 Family
3.1.2 Community
3.1.3 Social Circle
3.2 Escape
3.2.1 Fleeing and Writinga temporary escape
3.2.2 Deatha permanent escape
3.2.3 Succumbing to the Heterosexual Conventionsa non
alternative escape
3.3 Imprisoned in Loneliness
3.3.1 Solitude in the Closet
3.3.2 Lonesome on Fugitive Journey
Conclusion
Chapter 4 Envisioning an Ideal World
4.1 Communion of Spirit and Flesh
4.1.1 The Split of Spirit and Flesh
4.1.2 The Battle of Spirit and Flesh
4.1.3 The Reconciliation of Spirit and Flesh
4.2 Boundary of Sexes Blurred
4.2.1 The Passive Female Characters
4.2.2 The Awakening Female Characters
4.2.3 The Androgynous Female Characters
4.3 Harmony with Nature
4.3.1 Longing for Nature in the Urban Area
4.3.2 The Reminiscence of the Innocent Old South
4.3.3 A Natural Paradise Far From the Civilized World
Conclusion
Chapter 5 Braving Mainstream Discourse
5.1 A Language Full of Ambiguity
5.1.1 The Coded Words
5.1.2 The Incomplete Expression
5.1.3 The Shrouded Subjects
5.2 A Language of Awakening
5.2.1 An Ideal Homosexual Couple
5.2.2 The Alienated Homosexual
5.2.3 The Degraded Heterosexual
5.3 Beyond Comingout" Narrative
5.3.1 Spotlight Confessions
5.3.2 Dramatic Structure as the Mirror of Inner Psyche
5.3.3 Setting Speaks
Conclusion
Chapter 6 Conclusion
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