| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| 0.1 Literature Review | 第9-14页 |
| 0.2 Research Motivation and Questions | 第14-15页 |
| 0.3 Research Objectives and Methodology | 第15页 |
| 0.4 The Framework of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter One Space Theory and The Grass Is Singing | 第16-22页 |
| 1.1 The Development of Spatial Theories | 第16-20页 |
| 1.2 Feasibility of Space Theory to the study of The Grass Is Singing | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Different Characters’ Social Space and Identities | 第22-39页 |
| 2.1 Mary’s Suffocating Social Space as a White Woman | 第22-32页 |
| 2.2 Dick’s Alienated Social Space as a Poor White Man | 第32-35页 |
| 2.3 Moses’ Narrow Social Space as a Black | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Three Different Characters’ Struggle for Social Space and Identity Reconstruction | 第39-46页 |
| 3.1 Mary’s Helpless and Hopeless Struggle | 第39-41页 |
| 3.2 Dick’s Capricious and Lonely Struggle | 第41-43页 |
| 3.3 Moses’ Isolated but Independent Struggle | 第43-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Works Cited | 第48-52页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第52-53页 |
