| Abstract | 第3-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-22页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction of Henry James and The Portrait of A Lady | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review of Previous Studies on The Portrait of a Lady | 第13-19页 |
| 1.3 Ethical Literary Criticism | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter 2 Pursuit of Selfhood in Terms of Human-self Relationship | 第22-34页 |
| 2.1 Isabel’s Transformation from Innocence to Maturation | 第22-29页 |
| 2.1.1 Isabel’s Innocence as an Orphan | 第23-26页 |
| 2.1.2 Isabel’s Maturation as a Wife and Mother | 第26-29页 |
| 2.2 Madam Merle’s Struggle between Human Factor and Animal Factor | 第29-34页 |
| 2.2.1 Madam Merle’s Animal Factor in Terms of Duping Isabel | 第30-32页 |
| 2.2.2 Madam Merle’s Human Factor in Terms of Dowering Pansy | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Pursuit of Matrimony in Terms of Human-other Relationship | 第34-42页 |
| 3.1 The Pursuer-pursued Relationship between Isabel and Her suitors | 第34-37页 |
| 3.1.1 Isabel’s Fear of Caspar Goodwood’s Masculinity | 第35-36页 |
| 3.1.2 Isabel’s Escape from Lord Warburton’s Aristocracy | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2 The Marriage Relationship between Osmond and Isabel | 第37-42页 |
| 3.2.1 Osmond’s Intention of Owning Isabel in His Proprietorship | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2.2 Isabel’s Upholding the Form of Holy Matrimony | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter 4 Pursuit of Freedom in Terms of Human-society Relationship | 第42-50页 |
| 4.1 Isabel Archer ’s Moral Trajectory in Pursuit of Freedom | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 Ralph Touchett and Edward Rosier’s Pursuit of Freedom in Vain | 第44-46页 |
| 4.3 Madam Merle’s Being Deprived of Spiritual Freedom | 第46-48页 |
| 4.4 Osmond ’s Conversion to Social Conventions and Tyranny | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第50-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57-58页 |
| 在读期间公开发表论文（著）及科研情况 | 第58页 |
