| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-18页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1.1 Brief Introduction of Hong Lou Meng | 第11-12页 |
| 1.1.2 Briefing on the English Translation Versions of Hong Lou Meng | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第14-16页 |
| 1.2.1 Previous Studies on Hong Lou Meng in English World | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2.2 Previous Studies on Female Characters in Hong Lou Meng | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 General organization of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THEORETICAL BASIS:FEMINIST LITERARY THEORY | 第18-27页 |
| 2.1 Brief introduction of Feminism | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition and Origin of Feminism | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Three Historical Period of Feminist Movements | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2 Feminist Literary Criticism | 第20-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Unequal Female Status and Female Self-consciousness | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.2 Distortion of Female Images in Patriarchal Society | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.3 Women Reading Perspective | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.4 Androgyny Perspective | 第25-27页 |
| CHAPTER THREE DIACHRONIC INTERPRETATION OF FEMALE IMAGES OFHONG LOU MENG IN ENGLISH WORLD | 第27-44页 |
| 3.1 From 1960s-1970s:Superficial Studies of Female Characters in Hong Lou Meng | 第28-32页 |
| 3.1.1 Bodily Form Focus:Women Characters Analysis | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1.2 Praise of Baochai and Criticism of Daiyu | 第29-31页 |
| 3.1.3 Portrait of Special Figure:Liu Laolao | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 Multi Perspectives in the 1980s:Studies on Female Characters in Hong Lou Meng | 第32-38页 |
| 3.2.1 Analysis of Lin Daiyu's Tragic Personalities | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.2 Subversion of Patriarchy under Feminism Perspective | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.3 Description of Maids and Servants in Hong Lou Meng | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2.4 A Woman Reading:Lin Daiyu under the Patriarchal Society---Cui Yingying in Lin Daiyu's eyes | 第36-38页 |
| 3.3 Since the 1990s:Wide Application of Feminist Theory | 第38-44页 |
| 3.3.1 Androgyny Vision in Hong Lou Meng | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3.2 Women Warriors:The Threat to Patriarchy | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3.3 Female Superiority Through Mystic Discourse | 第41-42页 |
| 3.3.4 Twelve Beauties of Jingling:Tragic lives of feudal women | 第42-44页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR MISREADING OF FEMALE FIGURES IN HONG LOU MENGIN ENGLISH WORLD | 第44-55页 |
| 4.1 One-sided and Stereotyped Interpretations of Female Figures | 第44-49页 |
| 4.1.1 Superficial and One-sided Interpretations of Some Chief Female Characters | 第45-46页 |
| 4.1.2 Shrew:Stereotyped Image of Wang Xifeng | 第46-48页 |
| 4.1.3 Polluted Women:Twisted and Alienated Images of Married Women in Hong Lou Meng | 第48-49页 |
| 4.2 Over-interpretations of Western Literary Theories | 第49-52页 |
| 4.2.1 Andrew Plaks' Analysis of Women Characters in Hong Lou Meng | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2.2 Over-interpretation of Feminist Theory in Analysis of Hong Lou Meng | 第51-52页 |
| 4.3 Reasons of the Misreading | 第52-55页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第55-57页 |
| 5.1 Findings | 第55-56页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第56-57页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第57-61页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第61-62页 |
| PAPER(S) PUBLISHED DURING MA STUDIES | 第62页 |
