| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-24页 |
| 1.1 Doris Lessing and The Grass is Singing | 第10-14页 |
| 1.2 Literary Review and Significance of Study | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第16-22页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Structure | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THE OCCIDENT SELF WITH THE AFRICAN LAND AND NATIVES AS THE ORIENT OTHER | 第24-36页 |
| 2.1 The African Land and Natives as the Orient Other | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2 Mary the Racist under the White Mythology | 第27-30页 |
| 2.3 Mary’s Fear of the African Land and Natives | 第30-36页 |
| 2.3.1 Fear of the Impenetrable Bush | 第31-33页 |
| 2.3.2 Fear of Natives’ Destroying Capabilities | 第33-36页 |
| CHAPTER THREE REPRESSED SELF AS THE WOMAN OTHER | 第36-48页 |
| 3.1 Blocked Sexual Awareness since Childhood | 第37-39页 |
| 3.2 Loveless Marriage under Public Surveillance | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3 Repressed Marital Life | 第41-48页 |
| 3.3.1 Lonely Life in the Confined House | 第41-44页 |
| 3.3.2 Sexual Oppression | 第44-48页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR MARY’S TRAGEDY AS A WHITE WOMAN | 第48-62页 |
| 4.1 Mary’s Contradictory Attitudes towards Moses | 第48-55页 |
| 4.1.1 Alienation from Moses | 第48-50页 |
| 4.1.2 Emotional Dependence and Sexual Desires for Moses | 第50-55页 |
| 4.2 Mary’s Withdrawal into Disintegration and Her Tragic Death | 第55-62页 |
| 4.2.1 Withdrawal into Disintegration | 第56-58页 |
| 4.2.2 Mary’s Murder by Moses for Revenge | 第58-62页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第62-64页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第64-66页 |
