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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1.The Definitions of the Detective fiction
2. A Brief History and Major Branches of American and British the Detective Fiction
Chapter One The Major Principles of Psychoanalytical Criticism
Chapter Two A Psychoanalytical Reading of British and American Detective Fictions from the Authors' Perspective
2.1 The Analysis on the Characters in the Detective Fiction in Terms of the Structure of Mind
2.1.1 The Id and the Culprits
2.1.2 The Ego and the Detectives
2.1.3 The Superego and the Third Side in the Detective Fiction
2.2 The Conception of Repression and Catharsis
2.2.1 Resistance and Repression
2.2.2 The Catharsis Function of the Detective Fiction
2.3 The Conception of the Death Theory
2.3.1 The Murders
2.3.2 Death Desire
2.4 The Narrative Pattern in the Detective Fiction
Chapter Three A Psychoanalytical Reading of British and American Detective Fiction from the Readers' Perspective
3.1 The Readers' Psychoanalysis
3.2 The Social Issues in the Detective Fiction
3.3 The Construction of Suspense and the Consequent Formation of the Repression in the Detective Fiction
3.4 Analysis on the Reason for the Popularity of the Detective Fiction
3.4.1 The Detective Fiction in Relation to the Tragedy Theory
3.4.2 The Reaction of the Readers to the Detective Fiction
3.4.3 The Impact of the Detective Fiction on Readers' Psychology
Conclusion
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