| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to Joyce Carol Oates | 第9页 |
| 1.2 Introduction to them, Wonderland and The Falls | 第9-11页 |
| 1.3 Current Studies about Oates and Her works | 第11-15页 |
| 1.3.1 Research Abroad | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3.2 Research at Home | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3.3 Comment on the Current Studies of Oates and Her Works | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Study | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Introduction to Masculinity | 第17-24页 |
| 2.1 Concepts of Masculinity | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Development of Masculinity | 第19-21页 |
| 2.3 Manifestations of Masculinity | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Three Masculinity in Male Images | 第24-39页 |
| 3.1 Violent and Mad Heroes in them | 第24-28页 |
| 3.1.1 Howard and Furlong—Husbands and Fathers in Silence and Violence | 第24-27页 |
| 3.1.2 Jules—a Struggling Paradox | 第27-28页 |
| 3.2 Males with Schizoid Personality in Wonderland | 第28-33页 |
| 3.2.1 Harte—a World-weary Evader | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.2 Dr. Pedersen—an Extreme Individualist | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2.3 Jesse—an Inheritor and Victim of Patriarchy in Reflection | 第32-33页 |
| 3.3 Code-heroes in The Falls | 第33-39页 |
| 3.3.1 Gilbert—a Graceful Preacher under Great Pressure | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.2 Dirk—a Brave Director | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3.3 Chandler—an Ideal Hero in Ordinary Life | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3.4 Royall—a Growing Man through Struggling | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Comparison of Male Images in Three Works | 第39-45页 |
| 4.1 Similarities by Inner-textual Comparison | 第39-41页 |
| 4.1.1 Males with Violence and Madness in them | 第39-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Males’ Emptiness of the Spiritual World in Wonderland | 第40-41页 |
| 4.1.3 The Fighting Warriors in The Falls | 第41页 |
| 4.2 Differences by Inter-textual Comparison | 第41-45页 |
| 4.2.1 Construction of Masculinity from the Level of Power Relation | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2.2 Construction of Masculinity from the Level of Labor Relation | 第43页 |
| 4.2.3 Construction of Masculinity from the Level of Cathexis Relation | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Five Transformation of Masculinity in Three Works | 第45-52页 |
| 5.1 Trajectory of Transformation: Hegemonic Masculinity to the New Masculinity | 第45-47页 |
| 5.2 Reasons of Transformation | 第47-50页 |
| 5.2.1 Social Background | 第47-49页 |
| 5.2.2 Changes of Oates’s Writing Style | 第49-50页 |
| 5.3 Significance of Transformation | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57-58页 |
| Publication | 第58页 |
