| Acknowledgments | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Alice Walker and her literary achievements | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Introduction to By the Light of My Father's Smile | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Literature reView for By the Light of My Father's Smile | 第11-16页 |
| 1.4 Research significance,methodology and overview of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Gender Construction in Feminist Psychology | 第18-26页 |
| 2.1 Difference between sex and gender | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2 Gender construction | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3 Social origins for gender construction | 第21-26页 |
| 2.3.1 Gender construction in childhood | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3.2 Gender construction in education | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3.3 Gender construction in marriage | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3.4 Gender construction in public life | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Conventional Women and Gender Construction in the Novel | 第26-32页 |
| 3.1 Lanley-A follower of husband | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2 Pauline's mother-A machine for producing children | 第28-30页 |
| 3.3 Irene's mother-Personal property of the men | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Unconventional Women and Gender Deconstruction in the Novel | 第32-43页 |
| 4.1 Susannah-A pursuer of different life | 第32-35页 |
| 4.2 Magdalena-A self-healer in trauma | 第35-37页 |
| 4.3 Irene-A heart reader in life | 第37-40页 |
| 4.4 Pauline-A lesbian seeking for equalty | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第43-45页 |
| Works Cited | 第45-49页 |
| Publications | 第49页 |
