| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-27页 |
| 1.1 Brief Introduction of Marilynne Robinson | 第10-16页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review on Housekeeping | 第16-23页 |
| 1.3 Research Methodology and Thesis Framework | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Two Housekeeping and the Settled Subjectivity | 第27-44页 |
| 2.1 Fingerbone:A Patriarchal Society | 第27-30页 |
| 2.2 Housekeeping: Maintaining the Father-House | 第30-35页 |
| 2.3 Lucille's growth:A Settled Subject | 第35-39页 |
| 2.4 Window:A Liminal Space between Domesticity and Transience | 第39-44页 |
| Chapter Three House-Destroying and the Transient Subjectivity | 第44-60页 |
| 3.1 House-Destroying: Dissolving the Father-House | 第44-49页 |
| 3.2 Sylvie: A Growth Guider for Ruth | 第49-53页 |
| 3.3 Ruth's Growth:A Transient Subject | 第53-60页 |
| Chapter Four A New Way Out for Women | 第60-70页 |
| 4.1 Ruth's Imagined Homecomings | 第60-62页 |
| 4.2 Crossing the Bridge from both Directions | 第62-66页 |
| 4.3 Women's Time and Housekeeping | 第66-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-72页 |
| Works Cited | 第72-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77-78页 |
| 在学期间主要科研成果 | 第78页 |