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