| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 0.1 Kate Chopin and Her Age | 第11-12页 |
| 0.1.1 Background Research of Kate Chopin and Her Age | 第11-12页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review of The Awakening at Home and Abroad | 第12-13页 |
| 0.2.1 Studies on The Awakening at Home | 第12-13页 |
| 0.2.2 Studies on The Awakening Abroad | 第13页 |
| 0.3 Methodology of the Thesis:Val Plumwood's Ecofeminism | 第13-14页 |
| 0.4 The Originality of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Edna and the Ornithological Imagery | 第15-24页 |
| 1.1 The Caged Birds—A Rebellious Edna and A Potentially Rebellious Edna | 第15-18页 |
| 1.2 The Domesticated Bird and the Half-Domesticated Bird—A Tamed Edna and AHalf-tamed Edna | 第18-22页 |
| 1.3 The Solitary Bird and the Broken-winged Bird—An Alienated Edna and ADoomed Edna | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Sea-connected Imagery and Woman | 第24-34页 |
| 2.1 Grand Isle by the Sea—An Image of the Kingdom of Bounded Females | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2 Mr. Pontellier's Seaside Mansion—The Image of Female Bondage | 第28-31页 |
| 2.3 A Day's Stay with Robert on a Small Island(Cheniere) in the Sea—Edna'sTransient Image of Freedom | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Imagery of Edna's Sea—Connected Rebellion and Rebirth | 第34-46页 |
| 3.1 Edna's Imagined Elopement in a Canoe in the Sea | 第36-42页 |
| 3.2 Edna's Rediscovering Selfhood from the Voice of Sea | 第42-43页 |
| 3.3 Edna's Autonomous Swimming in the Sea—An Affirmative Self-hood | 第43-44页 |
| 3.4 Controversial Suicide in the Sea—An Image of Spiritual Rebirth in the Sea | 第44-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Works Cited | 第48-51页 |
| 学位论文数据集 | 第51页 |
