| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第9-18页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Kate Chopin and The Awakening | 第9-13页 |
| ·A Review of the Reception History on The Awakening and the Aim of This Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Understanding the Reception History on The Awakening from the Approaches of Cultural Criticism | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter Two EARLY NEGATIVE RECEPTION FROM MORALISTIC CRITICISM | 第18-25页 |
| ·Moralistic Criticism Drowned the Novel | 第18-21页 |
| ·Patriarchal Ecological Environment Predetermined the Doom of the Novel | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Three REDISCOVERY AND CANONIZATION OF THE NOVEL WITH THERISE OF FORMALISM AND FEMINISM | 第25-36页 |
| ·Evolvement in Ethical Environment Paved the Way for the Novel's Revival | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Rise of Formalist Approaches Revived the Interest on The Awakening in the 1950s and 1960s | 第27-32页 |
| ·Rise to Literary Canon with the Rise of Feminism in the 1970s and Thereafter | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Four CONCLUSION | 第36-41页 |
| ·Literary Text vs. Cultural Context | 第36-39页 |
| ·Development in Critical Approaches Makes Literary Interpretation Inexhaustible | 第39-41页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第41-42页 |
