| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter One Ruth’s Homecoming: from Emancipation to Disillusionment | 第16-32页 |
| ·Fettered Self | 第17-21页 |
| ·Bondage of Marriage | 第17-19页 |
| ·Bondage of Social Position | 第19-21页 |
| ·Anticipation to Emancipation | 第21-27页 |
| ·Power Struggles with the Male Members of the Large Family | 第21-25页 |
| ·Escape from Marriage | 第25-27页 |
| ·Emancipation as Disillusionment | 第27-32页 |
| ·Another Pool of Mire | 第28-29页 |
| ·Patriarchal Structure Not Affected | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Two Teddy’s Homecoming: from Initiation to Disillusionment | 第32-47页 |
| ·Predicaments of Initiation | 第32-37页 |
| ·Limitations of His Family | 第33-35页 |
| ·Limitations of His Social Class | 第35-37页 |
| ·Anticipation to Initiation | 第37-40页 |
| ·Pursuit of Self-Realization | 第37-38页 |
| ·Expectation for Recognition from Family | 第38-40页 |
| ·Initiation as Disillusionment | 第40-47页 |
| ·Betrayal by His Wife | 第40-43页 |
| ·Revenge from His Family | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter Three The Family’s Homecoming: from Salvation to Disillusionment | 第47-62页 |
| ·An Abnormal Family | 第47-51页 |
| ·Disharmonious Family Members in Society | 第47-49页 |
| ·Abhorrent Relationships between Family Members | 第49-51页 |
| ·Anticipation to Salvation | 第51-57页 |
| ·Consummation through Integrated Family | 第52-55页 |
| ·Individual Sense of Success | 第55-57页 |
| ·Salvation as Disillusionment | 第57-62页 |
| ·Uncontrollable Woman | 第57-58页 |
| ·Detached Intellectual | 第58-60页 |
| ·Unredemptible Family | 第60-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Works Cited | 第65-67页 |
