| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| A List of Abbreviations | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| 1.1 A General Introduction to Adrienne Rich and An Atlas of the Difficult World | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-16页 |
| 1.3 Central Argument and Research Methodology | 第16页 |
| 1.4 Research Significance | 第16-17页 |
| 1.5 Framework of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two The Introduction of Cultural Poetics | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1 The Concept of Cultural Poetics | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2 Main Concerns of Cultural Poetics | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.1 The Relation of Literature and History | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2.2 The Historicity of Texts and the Textuality of History | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three The Historicity of the Text of An Atlas of the Difficult World | 第22-39页 |
| 3.1 Presentation of History of Violence | 第22-30页 |
| 3.1.1 Rediscovery of History of the Gulf War | 第23-26页 |
| 3.1.2 Rediscovery of History of the Jew | 第26-30页 |
| 3.2 Presentation of Social Violence and Its Effect | 第30-39页 |
| 3.2.1 Natural Disaster as Induced by Human Destruction | 第30-35页 |
| 3.2.2 Loneliness as the "Difficulty" of the Marginalized Americans | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Four The Textuality of the History in An Atlas of the Difficult World | 第39-50页 |
| 4.1 The Racial and Political Themes in Textual Presentation | 第39-43页 |
| 4.1.1 Critique on Social Violence | 第40-41页 |
| 4.1.2 Condemnation of Racial Prejudice | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2 Humanistic Concern about the Oppressed | 第43-50页 |
| 4.2.1 Speaking for Women | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2.2 Sympathizing for the Impoverished | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Works Cited | 第52-57页 |
| Publications | 第57页 |
