| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction and Literature Review | 第9-17页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Michael Cunningham and The Hours | 第9-11页 |
| 1.1.1 Michael Cunningham | 第9页 |
| 1.1.2 The Hours | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-17页 |
| 1.2.1 Feminist Studies | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2.2 Intertexual Studies | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2.3 Studies of Other Perspectives | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2.4 Significance of the Research | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Beauvoir's Theory of Existential Feminism | 第17-23页 |
| 2.1 Beauvoir's Definition of Women | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 So-Called Female Immanence | 第18页 |
| 2.3 Transcendence of Female Immanence | 第18-23页 |
| 2.3.1 Financial and Emotional Independence | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3.2 Self-Design and Free Choice | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.3 Cooperation of the Two Genders | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Transcendence of Virginia Woolf | 第23-33页 |
| 3.1 Cause of Her Spiritual Crisis | 第23-26页 |
| 3.1.1 Failure as a Hostess | 第23-24页 |
| 3.1.2 Deprivation of Freedom by Her Husband | 第24-26页 |
| 3.2 Her Efforts to Transcend Female Immanence | 第26-33页 |
| 3.2.1 Financial Independence:As a Feminist Writer | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2.2 Emotional Independence | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2.3 Self Design and Free Choice:Suicide as a Relief | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Transcendence of Laura Brown | 第33-44页 |
| 4.1 Cause of Her Spiritual Crisis | 第33-36页 |
| 4.1.1 Her Husband's Perfunctory Attitude | 第33-34页 |
| 4.1.2 Feeling of Insignificance in Familial Trivialities | 第34-36页 |
| 4.2 Her Efforts to Transcend Female Immanence | 第36-44页 |
| 4.2.1 Financial Independence:As a Librarian in Canada | 第36-38页 |
| 4.2.2 Emotional Independence | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2.3 Self Design and Free Choice:Aspiration for a Life of Her Own | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter 5 Transcendence of Clarissa Vaughan | 第44-53页 |
| 5.1 Cause of Her Spiritual Crisis | 第44-47页 |
| 5.1.1 Self-doubt Caused by Richard's Negation | 第44-46页 |
| 5.1.2 Self-doubt Caused by Mary's Negation | 第46-47页 |
| 5.2 Her Efforts to Transcend Female Immanence | 第47-53页 |
| 5.2.1 Financial Independence:As a Female Editor | 第47-48页 |
| 5.2.2 Emotional Independence:A Harmonious Relationship with Sally | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2.3 Self Design and Free Choice:Being True to Herself | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion:Transcendence and Cooperation | 第53-56页 |
| References | 第56-59页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第59页 |
