| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstracts | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| PART ONE Charlotte Bronte in the late 19th century | 第12-33页 |
| 1 The debates over Currer Bell's sex | 第12-14页 |
| 2 Proper female sphere in the Victorian age | 第14-17页 |
| 3 Proper female writers' sphere in the Victorian age | 第17-19页 |
| 4 Jane Eyre: improper sphere for a female writer | 第19-23页 |
| 5 Charlotte Bronte became a feminine hero | 第23-28页 |
| 6 Literature as a substitute for religion as an ideological tool | 第28-33页 |
| PART TWO Charlotte Bronte in the Late 20th Century | 第33-63页 |
| 7 The late 20th century: the age of power (political reading) | 第33-37页 |
| 8 Textual and contextual interpretation | 第37-47页 |
| 9 Intertextual interpretation | 第47-56页 |
| 10 Tracing the history of women's literature | 第56-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-70页 |
| Chronology of Charlotte Bronte's Life | 第70-71页 |
