| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One Female Initiation Story and Cather's Life Experience | 第15-31页 |
| ·Bildungsroman and Female Initiation Story | 第15-22页 |
| ·Cather's Life Experience and its Reappearance in My Antonia | 第22-31页 |
| Chapter Two Initiation of Female Characters in My Antonia | 第31-57页 |
| ·Initiation of Antonia Shimerda | 第31-48页 |
| ·Disillusionment of Child's Innocence | 第32-37页 |
| ·Antonia's Limited Growth in the Town | 第37-48页 |
| ·Initiation of Lena and Tiny | 第48-57页 |
| ·Working as Hired Girls | 第49-53页 |
| ·Their Aversion to Love and Marriage | 第53-57页 |
| Chapter Three Identity Achieved after Self-fulfillment | 第57-65页 |
| ·Antonia:Constructing as Founder of the Family and the Land | 第57-60页 |
| ·Lena and Tiny:Struggling as Businesswomen | 第60-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-75页 |
