Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
中文摘要
Abstract
Introduction
Chapter One Transcending the Void
Ⅰ ST:An Inward Call
Ⅱ CC:A Free Play of Artistic Imagination
Chapter Two Between Fiction and Life
Ⅰ CC:the Juxtaposition of the World of Art and the World of Science
Ⅱ SF:Tralfamadore, Billy Pilgrim and Kurt Vonnegut
Chapter Three A Theory of Art
Ⅰ Art as Restructuring Imagination
Ⅱ BC:Art as a Cultural Force
Ⅲ Bluebeard:Questing for an Aesthetic Approach
Chapter Four A Sense of Crisis
Conclusion
Lists of Works Cited
Vonnegut Chronology