| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-20页 |
| ·The Introduction to Kate Chopin | 第8-12页 |
| ·The Literature Review on The Study of The Awakening | 第12-18页 |
| ·The Structure and Academic Significance of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two The Narrative Strategies of The Awakening | 第20-38页 |
| ·An Introduction to Focalization | 第20-21页 |
| ·Zero Focalization: Characters’Function in Edna’s Awakening | 第21-29页 |
| ·Internal focalization: The Process of Edna’s Awakening | 第29-32页 |
| ·The Free Indirect Speech: A Dual Voice | 第32-38页 |
| Chapter Three The Narrative Rhetoric in The Awakening | 第38-46页 |
| ·The Entrapped Figures: Birds | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Place for Awakening and Death: Sea | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Original Activity for Awakening: Swimming | 第41-42页 |
| ·From Confinement to Freedom: Houses | 第42-44页 |
| ·Self-fulfillment: Artistic Quest | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第46-49页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第49-50页 |
| References | 第50-54页 |
| Appendix | 第54-56页 |
