| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·Kim Edwards and The Memory Keeper’s Daughter | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-15页 |
| ·Freudian Psychoanalytical Theory | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Outline of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 1 Personality Structures of David and Norah | 第19-32页 |
| ·David as a Guardian of the Secret | 第19-26页 |
| ·To Confess or Not to Confess | 第20-21页 |
| ·His Hard-Scrabble Past and Present | 第21-25页 |
| ·Responsibility for the Family | 第25-26页 |
| ·Norah as a Victim of the Secret | 第26-32页 |
| ·Pursuit of Truth and Felicity | 第27-29页 |
| ·Her Husband’s Changes | 第29-30页 |
| ·Attempts to Be Perfect Self | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 2 Anxiety of David and Norah | 第32-40页 |
| ·David’s Anxiety | 第32-37页 |
| ·Secret about the Existent Daughter | 第33-35页 |
| ·Dereliction of Duty as Father and Husband | 第35-37页 |
| ·Norah’s Anxiety | 第37-40页 |
| ·Loss of Her Daughter | 第37-38页 |
| ·Fear of Deterioration of Family Relations | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Defense Mechanisms Applied by David and Norah | 第40-48页 |
| ·David’s Resort to Rationalization and Displacement | 第40-44页 |
| ·Secretive World of Photography | 第41-42页 |
| ·Girls-picture Taking | 第42页 |
| ·Rosemary’s Appearance | 第42-44页 |
| ·Norah’s Resort to Displacement | 第44-48页 |
| ·Overprotection to Paul | 第44-45页 |
| ·Success in Career | 第45-46页 |
| ·Illegal Love Affairs | 第46-48页 |
| Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| References | 第50-53页 |
| Appendix 详细中文摘要 | 第53-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56页 |
