| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-11页 |
| Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION | 第11-21页 |
| A.Native-born Chinese American writer Amy Tan and The Joy Luck Club | 第11-12页 |
| B.New immigrant writer Yan Geling and The Lost Daughter of Happiness | 第12-13页 |
| C.Literature review | 第13-19页 |
| D.Thesis statement | 第19-21页 |
| Ⅱ.THEORIES APPLIED | 第21-26页 |
| A.Michel Foucault's knowledge,power and discourse | 第21-23页 |
| B.Edward Waefie Said's Orientalism | 第23-26页 |
| Ⅲ.HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 第26-34页 |
| A.Historical position and correspondent stereotypes | 第26-31页 |
| 1. Historical position:the Yellow Peril and the Model Minority | 第26-29页 |
| 2. Correspondent stereotyped images | 第29-31页 |
| B.Contemporary position and the necessity of new images | 第31-34页 |
| 1. Contemporary position:East Asian Tigers | 第31-32页 |
| 2. The necessity of new images | 第32-34页 |
| Ⅳ.COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE TWO TEXTS | 第34-63页 |
| A.Contrasted constructions of characters | 第36-45页 |
| 1. Stereotyped images by Amy Tan | 第36-40页 |
| a.Stereotyped images of Chinese females | 第36-38页 |
| b.Stereotyped images of Chinese males | 第38-40页 |
| 2. Anti-stereotyped image by Yan Geling | 第40-45页 |
| a.Anti-stereotyped images of Chinese females | 第40-42页 |
| b.Anti-stereotyped images of Chinese males | 第42-45页 |
| B.Adverse descriptions of Chinese elements | 第45-53页 |
| 1. "Othered" Chinese elements in The Joy Luck Club | 第45-49页 |
| 2. Anti-"Othered" Chinese elements in The Lost Daughter of Happiness | 第49-53页 |
| C. Opposite arrangements on how to get happiness | 第53-63页 |
| 1. Western salvation from Amy Tan | 第53-57页 |
| 2. Eastern salvation from Yan Geling | 第57-63页 |
| Ⅴ. CONCLUSION | 第63-65页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第65-69页 |
