| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Introduction | 第6-15页 |
| Ⅰ The authors and their books | 第6-11页 |
| Ⅱ The perspectives of analysis used in the thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Ⅲ Significance of the thesis research | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter One The Theme of Silence | 第15-28页 |
| ·Paradoxical Silence | 第15-16页 |
| ·Articulate and Virtuous Silence | 第16-20页 |
| ·Pernicious and Stifling Silence | 第20-28页 |
| Chapter Two Silenced as an Ethnic Group | 第28-45页 |
| ·From the postcolonial perspective | 第28-32页 |
| ·Silence Caused by Racism | 第32-38页 |
| ·Silence Caused by cultural Differences | 第38-45页 |
| Chapter Three Silenced as Second Sex | 第45-61页 |
| ·From the feminist perspective | 第45-48页 |
| ·As “Inferior Gender”in Both Cultures | 第48-54页 |
| ·Pervasive Misogyny in Chinese Culture | 第54-61页 |
| Chapter Four Breaking the Silence | 第61-67页 |
| Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-74页 |
