| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Amy Tan and Her Literary Works | 第8-10页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to The Bonesetter's Daughter | 第10-12页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第12-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Amy Tan and Her Works | 第12-17页 |
| ·Spivak's Subaltern Theory and Foucault's Study of Power and Discourse | 第17-23页 |
| 3 Silence in Different Circumstances and Its Causes | 第23-53页 |
| ·Silence in Different Circumstances | 第23-37页 |
| ·Precious Auntie's Silence in the Chinese Patriarchal Society | 第23-26页 |
| ·Luling's Silence when Confronting the White-Centered American Culture | 第26-32页 |
| ·Ruth's Silence when Facing Her Immigrant Mother and the American Whites | 第32-37页 |
| ·Causes for the Characters' Silence | 第37-53页 |
| ·Silenced by the Patriarchal Norms | 第38-43页 |
| ·Silenced by the Dominant American Culture | 第43-47页 |
| ·Silenced by the Conflict between Americanness and Chineseness | 第47-53页 |
| 4 Voicing by Silence | 第53-64页 |
| ·Voicing by Silence to Revolt against the Traditional Patriarchal Society | 第54-57页 |
| ·Voicing by Silence to Resist against the Dominant American Culture | 第57-60页 |
| ·Voicing by Silence to Reconstruct Double Identity | 第60-64页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72页 |
