| Acknowledgments | 第1-6页 |
| Abstracts (Chinese) | 第6-8页 |
| Abstracts (English) | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| Chapter One A Critical History Survey of The Awakening and Heart of Darkness | 第18-40页 |
| ·Hope Renewed at Ebb and Flow: A Critical Survey on The Awakening | 第18-28页 |
| ·Neglect and Indifference: From Publication to the 1950s | 第19-23页 |
| ·Rediscovery and Revival: From the 1950s to the 1960s | 第23-25页 |
| ·Rising to Feminist Prominence: From the 1970s to the Present | 第25-28页 |
| ·Debates all along: A Critical Survey on Heart of Darkness | 第28-40页 |
| ·For or Against: Responses in the Years around the Publication | 第29-32页 |
| ·Formalist Readings Focusing on Text: In the Middle Decades of the Twentieth Century | 第32-34页 |
| ·Debates over Moral Judgment and Cultural Meanings: Years after 1975 | 第34-40页 |
| Chapter Two Rereading and Reevaluation: The Awakening in Formalist Criticism and Feminist Criticism | 第40-52页 |
| ·Focus on Artistic Features: The Awakening in Formalist Criticism | 第40-45页 |
| ·Turning Point in Rediscovery: Kenneth Eble's "A Forgotten Novel" | 第41-43页 |
| ·Constructive Comparison: Lewis Leary's "Kate Chopin and Walt Whitman" | 第43-45页 |
| ·Awakened in Cultural Context: Feminist Approach to The Awakening | 第45-52页 |
| ·Tradition of Their Own: Elaine Showalter's "Tradition and theFemale Talent: The Awakening as a Solitary Book" | 第46-49页 |
| ·Searching for "An Active Subject": Paula Treichler's "The Construction of Ambiguity in The Awakening: A Linguistic Analysis | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Three Literary Appreciation and Moral Judgment: Heart of Darkness in Formalist Criticism and Postcolonial Criticism | 第52-65页 |
| ·Over Textual Appreciation: Heart of Darkness in the Formalist Criticism | 第53-58页 |
| ·Defense For and Against: Assessments by F. R. Leavis and Albert J. Guerard | 第54-56页 |
| ·Narratological Concerns: Jakob Lothe's "Conradian Narrative" | 第56-58页 |
| ·Contextual Reevaluation: Heart of Darkness in the Postcolonial Criticism | 第58-65页 |
| ·Set in Postcolonial Context: Comprehensive Study of Patrick Brantlinger in His "Heart of Darkness: Anti-Imperialism, Racism, or Impressionism?" | 第59-60页 |
| ·Tribute to Conrad: Peter Nazareth's "Out of Darkness: Conrad and Other Third World Writers" | 第60-65页 |
| Chapter Four Literary Text and Cultural Context: Synchronic Approach to The Awakening and Heart of Darkness | 第65-71页 |
| ·literary Text vs. Cultural Context | 第66-68页 |
| ·From Literary Text to Cultural Context | 第68-69页 |
| ·Literary Text & Cultural Context | 第69-71页 |
| Conclusion | 第71-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-78页 |
| Statements | 第78-79页 |
| Achievements | 第79页 |
