| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第7-14页 |
| 2 Age as Social Construction:Ideological Inculcation on Age in The Canterbury Tales | 第14-30页 |
| 2.1 Prevalence of Ageism | 第14-19页 |
| 2.2 Age, Marriage, and Sexuality | 第19-30页 |
| 3 Age as Accomplished Performance:An Active Resistance to Cultural Inculcation on Age in The Canterbury Tales | 第30-39页 |
| 3.1 January's Maintenance of Subjectivity in "The Merchant's Tale" | 第32-36页 |
| 3.2 The Wife's Achievement of Subjectivity in "The Wife of Bath's Prologue" | 第36-39页 |
| 4 Conclusion | 第39-41页 |
| Works Cited | 第41-44页 |
