| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 前言 | 第9-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-26页 |
| The Influence of Personal Background on Amy Tan's Writing | 第14-15页 |
| A Critical Review of Amy Tan's Novels about the Theme of Silence | 第15-19页 |
| The Analytical Perspective of This Thesis | 第19-26页 |
| Chapter One Tracing the Silence | 第26-40页 |
| ·Silenced as the Second Sex | 第28-33页 |
| ·Silenced as the Ethnic Group | 第33-36页 |
| ·Silenced by Traditional Chinese Culture | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Two Breaking the Silence——Demarginalizing the Cultural Periphery | 第40-50页 |
| ·The Marginalized Chinese American Women in the Novel | 第40-45页 |
| ·Subverting the Stereotypes of Chinese/Chinese American Women | 第45-50页 |
| Chapter Three Breaking the Silence——Excavating the Female History | 第50-65页 |
| ·The Ambivalent Chinese American Women in the Novel | 第50-60页 |
| ·Reconstructing the Female Genealogy | 第60-65页 |
| Chapter Four Articulating the Silence | 第65-85页 |
| ·Cultural Conflicts in the Novel | 第65-74页 |
| ·Bridging the Gaps | 第74-77页 |
| ·Creating the Image of China | 第77-85页 |
| Conclusion | 第85-89页 |
| Bibliography | 第89-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94页 |
