| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·An Introduction to Doris Lessing’s Life, Achievements and Literary Position | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Current Studies of Lessing’s Major Works | 第11-14页 |
| ·An Introduction to The Grass is Singing | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two: Theoretical Basis | 第17-22页 |
| ·Feminist Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Post-Colonialism | 第18-20页 |
| ·New-Historicism Theory | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three: Mary--A Female Victim in the Male-dominated Society | 第22-37页 |
| ·Special Environment Forming Mary’s Split Characters | 第22-27页 |
| ·The Ideal Life in Mary’s Eyes | 第22-24页 |
| ·Mary’s Unhappy Childhood and Hopeless Marriage | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Alienated Social Relationship | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Causes of Mary’s Death | 第27-34页 |
| ·The Conflicts Between Family and Child | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Male-dominated Society Oppressing Mary | 第29-34页 |
| ·The Findings of Analyzing the Female’s Tragedy by Feminism | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Four: Moses-- a Black Man Seeking for Identity | 第37-49页 |
| ·Moses’ Seeking for Identity in The Grass is Singing | 第37-40页 |
| ·Moses’ Resignation | 第37-39页 |
| ·Moses’ Commitment | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Causes of Moses’ Failure of Seeking for Identity | 第40-46页 |
| ·The Aborigines as the Colonized in the Economic Field | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Aborigines as the Colonized in the Ideological Sphere | 第42-46页 |
| ·The Findings of Analyzing the Black’s Tragedy by Post-Colonialism | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Five: Dick, Charlie and Tony--the Failed Colonizer | 第49-59页 |
| ·The Textuality of Doris Lessing’s History | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Historicity of The Grass is Singing | 第51-54页 |
| ·The Situation of British White People in South Africa at that Time | 第51-52页 |
| ·Blank Democracy Ideas of British People | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Exploitation of the Rich White People upon the Poor White People | 第54-57页 |
| ·The Findings of Analyzing the Colonizer’s Tragedy by New Historicism | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Six: Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| Notes | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-65页 |
