| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-24页 |
| 1.1 Eudora Welty and Her Works | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 Welty and Southern Culture | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2.1 Southern Culture | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2.2 Southern Culture's Influence on Welty's Writing | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第17-21页 |
| 1.3.1 Studies Abroad | 第17-20页 |
| 1.3.2 Studies in China | 第20-21页 |
| 1.4 Structure of this Paper | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two Outsiders in Welty's Fictional World | 第24-35页 |
| 2.1 Outsiders as Victims of Traditional Culture | 第24-28页 |
| 2.2 Outsiders as Victims of Hierarchy | 第28-31页 |
| 2.3 Outsiders as Victims of Patriarchy | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Three Outsiders and Their Compromises | 第35-43页 |
| 3.1 Outsiders' Desire to be Accepted and Assimilated | 第35-37页 |
| 3.2 Outsiders' Compromise with Patriarchy | 第37-39页 |
| 3.3 Outsiders' Submission to Southern Lady Culture | 第39-43页 |
| Chapter Four Outsiders and Their Cultural Reconstruction | 第43-55页 |
| 4.1 Outsiders' Resistance against Southern Culture | 第43-50页 |
| 4.1.1 Antithesis of Proper Southern Women | 第43-46页 |
| 4.1.2 Isolating from Mount Salus | 第46-48页 |
| 4.1.3 Denying and Embellishing the Past | 第48-50页 |
| 4.2 Outsiders' Positive Influence on Southern Culture | 第50-55页 |
| 4.2.1 Impact on Mount Salus Community | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2.2 Catalyst for Laurel's Awakening | 第51-55页 |
| Conckusion | 第55-57页 |
| Works Cited | 第57-60页 |
| Publications | 第60页 |
