| Acknowledgement | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-23页 |
| ·Studies on Carol Shields and The Stone Diaries in China | 第17-19页 |
| ·Studies on Carol Shields and The Stone Diaries Internatioanally | 第19-23页 |
| CHAPTER THREE WOMEN AS "THE SECOND SEX " AND "THE OTHER" | 第23-30页 |
| ·Woman as "The Other" | 第24-30页 |
| ·Simone de Beauvoir | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Second Sex | 第26-30页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAJOR ROLES IN THE STONEDIARIES | 第30-60页 |
| ·Daisy's Four Mothers:Victims of the Male-dominated Society | 第30-40页 |
| ·Mercy Stone Goodwill:Object of Sexual Desire | 第31-32页 |
| ·Clarentine Flett:A Traditional Housewife | 第32-37页 |
| ·Mrs. Arthur Hoad:No Selfhood | 第37-39页 |
| ·Maria Goodwill:A Lonely and Silent Soul | 第39-40页 |
| ·Daisy Goodwill Flett:Changing Role from Birth to Death | 第40-55页 |
| ·Birth:Embodiment of Loneliness | 第40页 |
| ·Childhood:Embodiment of Isolation | 第40-42页 |
| ·Marriage:Unfortunate | 第42-43页 |
| ·Love:Enjoying a Peaceful Life | 第43-45页 |
| ·Motherhood:Being an Isolated Caregiver | 第45-47页 |
| ·Work:Being a Professional Woman | 第47-51页 |
| ·Sorrow:Losing Job Opportunity | 第51-54页 |
| ·Ease,Illness,Decline,and Death:Void and Loneliness Again | 第54-55页 |
| ·Alice Flett Downing:Being Independent Professional Woman | 第55-57页 |
| ·An Analysis of the Major Male Roles:Master of Family and Life | 第57-60页 |
| ·Cuyler Goodwill | 第57页 |
| ·Magnus Flett | 第57-58页 |
| ·Barker Flett | 第58-60页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第60-63页 |
| REFERENCES | 第63-66页 |
