| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-17页 |
| Ⅰ.Ⅰ.Literature review:Gish Jen and her position in Chinese American Literature | 第8-12页 |
| Ⅰ.Ⅱ.Redefining Cultural Identity:Fluidity in Identity Shaping | 第12-17页 |
| Chapter One Identity Preservation:Traditional Chinese Image in Jen | 第17-25页 |
| Ⅱ.Ⅰ.Adherence of Traditional Chinese Value of Early Chinese Immigrants | 第17-18页 |
| Ⅱ.Ⅱ.Identification of Chinese Tradition in Jen | 第18-25页 |
| Chapter Two Identity Assimilation:Gloomy Americanized Chinese Image in Jen | 第25-33页 |
| Ⅲ.Ⅰ.Individuality and Material Affluence as Assimilation-accelerating Factors | 第25-27页 |
| Ⅲ.Ⅱ.Gloomy Destiny of Cultural Assimilation:Character Analyses | 第27-33页 |
| Chapter Three Identity Hybridity:Fluid Construction as Survival Strategy | 第33-41页 |
| Ⅳ.Ⅰ.Identity Formation in America:A Cultural Survey | 第33-34页 |
| Ⅳ.Ⅱ.Fluidity of Identity Construction in Jen | 第34-41页 |
| Conclusion | 第41-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-48页 |
| Works in Chinese | 第48-49页 |
