| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-8页 |
| Preface in Chinese | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One. Erik H. Erikson and his Ego Psychology | 第12-16页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Erikson | 第12页 |
| ·Erikson's Identity Theory | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Three Ingredients of Identity | 第13页 |
| ·The Life Cycle: Epigenesis of Identity | 第13-15页 |
| ·Erikson's Identity Theory as a Perspective of Literary Criticism | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two. Katherine Anne Porter's Miranda Stories | 第16-18页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Katherine Porter and her Miranda Stories | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Significance of Applying Erikson's Theory to the Reading of Miranda Stories | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Three. A Motherless Child with a Sense of Autonomy | 第18-25页 |
| ·Miranda's Skepticism Caused by her Wet Nurse and her Weak Father | 第18-21页 |
| ·Miranda's Willpower Encouraged by her Grandmother and Affected by her Skepticism | 第21-22页 |
| ·Miranda's Early Development Influenced by her Matriarchal Family | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Four. An Immured Girl against the Oppressive Old Order | 第25-39页 |
| ·Miranda's Restrictive Family Circle | 第25-30页 |
| ·The Narrowness and Density of her Family Life | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Rigidity and Cruelty of the Old Order | 第27-30页 |
| ·Miranda's Awakened Social Sense of Discontinuity between Past and Present | 第30-32页 |
| ·Miranda's Experimentation with her Rebellious Role | 第32-39页 |
| ·Her Doubt about the Great Past | 第32-33页 |
| ·Her Rejection of a Grandmother-centered World View | 第33-36页 |
| ·Her Wish for a New Kind of Identification | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Five. A Rebellious Adolescent in Pursuit of Truth | 第39-44页 |
| ·Miranda's Identity as a Rebel Shaped by the Lack of Adolescent Love | 第39-41页 |
| ·Miranda's Confusion about her Identity Intensified and then Clarified by the War | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Six. Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| References | 第46-48页 |
