| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| 0.1 A Brief Account of Anne Sexton and her Poetry | 第12-15页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review | 第15-18页 |
| 0.3 Thesis Statement | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Foundation | 第20-33页 |
| 1.1 Sigmund Freud And His Theory | 第20-23页 |
| 1.2 The Major Concepts of Freud’s Psychological Theory | 第23-33页 |
| 1.2.1 Unconscious Theory | 第25-29页 |
| 1.2.2 Life Instinct and Death Instinct | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Two Embodiment of Sexton’s Mental Disorders in Poetry | 第33-63页 |
| 2.1 Abnormal Relations | 第33-45页 |
| 2.1.1 Strained Relation Between Couple | 第34-37页 |
| 2.1.2 Morbid Relation Between Mother and Daughter | 第37-40页 |
| 2.1.3 Incest Taboo Between Father and Daughter | 第40-45页 |
| 2.2 Maternal Poetic Writing | 第45-54页 |
| 2.2.1 Trauma of Uterus | 第45-48页 |
| 2.2.2 Anxiety of Maternal Body | 第48-51页 |
| 2.2.3 Limitation of Female Recipient | 第51-54页 |
| 2.3 Choices of Life and Death | 第54-63页 |
| 2.3.1 Resolution to Love and Life | 第54-56页 |
| 2.3.2 Fascination with Death | 第56-59页 |
| 2.3.3 Salvation from God | 第59-63页 |
| Chapter Three Reflection of Sexton’s Life Experience in Poetry | 第63-76页 |
| 3.1 Familial Nightmare and Social Guilty | 第63-67页 |
| 3.1.1 Traumas from Family | 第64-66页 |
| 3.1.2 Social Adulterous Relation | 第66-67页 |
| 3.2 Absence of maternal identity | 第67-71页 |
| 3.2.1 Broken-down Relationship Between Couple | 第68-69页 |
| 3.2.2 Gap Between Mother and Daughter | 第69-71页 |
| 3.3 Death Imagination and Death Experiences | 第71-76页 |
| 3.3.1 The Construction of Death Imagination | 第72-73页 |
| 3.3.2 Painful Suicide Experiences | 第73-76页 |
| Chapter Four Significance and Influences of Anne Sexton’s Poetic Creation | 第76-84页 |
| 4.1 Individual Influences | 第76-80页 |
| 4.1.1 Poetic Treatment | 第77-78页 |
| 4.1.2 Becoming a Pioneer of Confessional Poet | 第78-80页 |
| 4.2 Social Values | 第80-84页 |
| 4.2.1 An Impact to Patriarchal Society | 第80-82页 |
| 4.2.2 A New Trend of Confessional Poetry | 第82-84页 |
| Conclusion | 第84-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-88页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间所发表的学术论文 | 第88-90页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第90页 |
