| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the writer's literary achievements and the work | 第10-11页 |
| ·Literature review | 第11-14页 |
| ·Central argument and research methodology | 第14-15页 |
| ·Framework of the thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Two Feminist Theoretical Concerns in the Thesis | 第18-25页 |
| ·Challenge against patriarchy | 第18-20页 |
| ·Female subjectivity & objectification | 第20-21页 |
| ·Female discourse | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Three Maintenance of Feminism in ThP Thorn Birds | 第25-45页 |
| ·Female subjectivity in the novel | 第25-30页 |
| ·Women's will of survival | 第25-28页 |
| ·Courageous and persistent pursuit of love | 第28-30页 |
| ·Women's resistance to male-centered discourse in the novel | 第30-45页 |
| ·Mary Carson's overwhelming socialized identity | 第30-33页 |
| ·Aged Fee's reclaiming her dignity and voice | 第33-36页 |
| ·Meggie's initiative consciousness of love | 第36-40页 |
| ·Justine's contempt for traditional morals and pursuits of vocational career | 第40-45页 |
| Chapter Four Subversion of Feminism in The Thorn Birds | 第45-67页 |
| ·Female objectification in cultural and social environment in the novel | 第45-52页 |
| ·Female inferiority in tragic love and marriage | 第45-48页 |
| ·Male social relationships debasing women's value | 第48-52页 |
| ·Luke's mateship with Arne,a sugarcane cutter | 第48-50页 |
| ·Ralph's closely spiritual relationship with Archbishop di Contini-Verchese | 第50-52页 |
| ·Women's affirmation of male-centered discourse in the novel | 第52-67页 |
| ·Mary Carson's "male-identified" image | 第53-56页 |
| ·Fee's tragic life | 第56-59页 |
| ·Meggie's deferring to patriarchy | 第59-62页 |
| ·Retrogress of Justine's identity pursuit | 第62-67页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第67-72页 |
| Works Cited | 第72-76页 |
| Publications | 第76页 |
