| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-20页 |
| ·The Writers and The Works | 第13-17页 |
| ·Giacomo Puccini and his Madam Butterfly | 第13-15页 |
| ·David Henry Hwang and his M. Butterfly | 第15-17页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis | 第17-20页 |
| ·A brief introduction of post-colonialism | 第17-18页 |
| ·A review of Said’s Orientalism | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter TWO THE EVOLUTION OF THE BUTTERFLY STORY | 第20-25页 |
| ·The West’s First Glimpse into Japan | 第20页 |
| ·A French Lieutenant’s Romance in Japan | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Product of Japonisme | 第21-23页 |
| ·Butterfly on stage | 第23页 |
| ·Butterfly Presented in opera | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter THREE THE BUTTERFLY IMAGE IN MADAM BUTTERFLY | 第25-35页 |
| ·The Application of The Butterfly Image | 第25-27页 |
| ·Contribution to the Characterization of Madam Butterfly | 第27-31页 |
| ·Imperial Nature of The Butterfly Image | 第31-35页 |
| ·The origin of the Butterfly narrative | 第31-32页 |
| ·The strategy of representing the Orient | 第32-33页 |
| ·The impact of the butterfly image | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter FOUR THE BUTTERFLY IMAGE IN M. BUTTERFLY | 第35-49页 |
| ·The Butterfly Image in M. Butterfly | 第35-42页 |
| ·The Butterfly in Gallimard’s fantasy | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Butterfly impersonated by Song Liling | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Butterfly acted by Gallimard himself | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Deconstruction of The Butterfly Image | 第42-49页 |
| ·Role reversal | 第42-43页 |
| ·Gender disguise and gender conversion | 第43-45页 |
| ·Subversion of power relations | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter FIVE THE MAJOR FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUTTERFLY IMAGE | 第49-52页 |
| ·Self-Identity Exploration of The Chinese-Americans | 第49-51页 |
| ·Contemplation of Producing The Play | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter SIX CONCLUTION | 第52-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-54页 |
