| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-31页 |
| 1.1 Lesbianism and Lesbian Theatre: a Survey | 第12-21页 |
| 1.1.1 Lesbian as a Concept | 第12-15页 |
| 1.1.2 Theatre as the Queerest Art | 第15-17页 |
| 1.1.3 A Brief Review of Lesbian Theatre | 第17-21页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review of Split Britches and the Three Plays | 第21-24页 |
| 1.3 Thesis Statement and Research Questions | 第24-25页 |
| 1.4 Theories on Gender Deconstruction and Lesbian Identity | 第25-30页 |
| 1.4.1 Lesbianism as a Cultural Taboo | 第25-28页 |
| 1.4.2 Gender as Performative and Subversive | 第28-30页 |
| 1.5 Significance of Research | 第30页 |
| 1.6 Analysis Procedure | 第30-31页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THEATRICAL LANGUAGE PLAY IN LESBIANS WHO KILL | 第31-51页 |
| 2.1 Discourse as Violence | 第32-41页 |
| 2.1.1 Violence against Lesbians | 第33-37页 |
| 2.1.2 Lesbians Fighting Back | 第37-41页 |
| 2.2 Postmodern Language Play | 第41-51页 |
| 2.2.1 Resemblance and Reality—the “Looks Like/Is Like” Word Game | 第42-45页 |
| 2.2.2 Indeterminacy and Infinity—the “Math and Death” Word Game | 第45-51页 |
| CHAPTER THREE CROSS-DRESSING AND CATEGORY CRISIS IN BELLE REPRIEVE | 第51-67页 |
| 3.1 The Cross-dressed Butch and the Fairy—Masculinity in Crisis | 第53-60页 |
| 3.1.1 Stanley—a Very “Obvious” Butch | 第53-57页 |
| 3.1.2 Mitch—a Fairy Disguised as a Man | 第57-60页 |
| 3.2 The Drag Queen and the Femme—Femininity as a Masquerade | 第60-67页 |
| 3.2.1 Blanche—a “Skilled” Drag Queen | 第61-64页 |
| 3.2.2 Stella—a Woman Disguised as a Woman | 第64-67页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR REPRESENTATION OF SEXUALITY IN LUST AND COMFORT | 第67-83页 |
| 4.1 Queering Sexuality—Disrupting Sex and the “Gaze” | 第69-75页 |
| 4.1.1 The “Dark Secret” of Transsexual Practice | 第69-73页 |
| 4.1.2 The Lesbian “Gaze” | 第73-75页 |
| 4.2 Power and Sexuality—the “Neo-Butch/Femme” Discourse | 第75-83页 |
| 4.2.1 The Dominated Butch | 第76-78页 |
| 4.2.2 The Dominating Femme | 第78-83页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第83-86页 |
| APPENDIX | 第86-87页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第87-90页 |
