| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·Doris Lessing and Her Literary Career | 第10-11页 |
| ·Sufic Transcendence and Its Impact on Lessing’s Work | 第11-13页 |
| ·Plot Summary and Literature Review of The Golden Notebook | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Failure to Transcend Identity Construction | 第17-31页 |
| ·Political Identity: the Frustration of a Communist | 第18-23页 |
| ·Sense of Being Betrayed Due to Increasing Bureaucratization | 第18-19页 |
| ·Recognition of Mental Narrowness Due to Doctrinarism | 第19-20页 |
| ·Confusion and Depression of the Practice | 第20-23页 |
| ·Public identity: the Alienation of a Writer | 第23-27页 |
| ·Gaps between Art and Reality | 第23-24页 |
| ·Limitation of the Social Background | 第24-25页 |
| ·Refusal to Grow beyond the Past Stage | 第25-27页 |
| ·Gender Identity: the Contradiction of a Female | 第27-31页 |
| ·Strain between Being a Lover and Being a Mother | 第27-28页 |
| ·Struggles to Be A “Free Woman” | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three Attempts to Transcend Self Healing | 第31-42页 |
| ·Attempts in Maintaining Interior Equilibrium | 第32-34页 |
| ·Self Evolution with Inner Reflection | 第32-33页 |
| ·Sufi Equilibrium within the Individual | 第33-34页 |
| ·Attempts in Maintaining Exterior Equilibrium | 第34-37页 |
| ·Encouragement and Simulations from Exterior Impact | 第34-36页 |
| ·Sufi Equilibrium of the Individual and Society | 第36-37页 |
| ·Attempts in Maintaining Dynamic Equilibrium | 第37-42页 |
| ·The Treatment from the Psychiatrist | 第38-40页 |
| ·Sufi Dynamic Equilibrium | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four Transcendence of Final Transformation as a Sufi | 第42-53页 |
| ·Descent to Naked Self | 第43-46页 |
| ·Re-examination of the Nature | 第43-44页 |
| ·Abandonment of Social Roles | 第44-46页 |
| ·Ultimate Salvation for Wholeness | 第46-49页 |
| ·Elimination of the Fragments | 第46-47页 |
| ·Integration of the Individual | 第47-49页 |
| ·Self Development in Sufism | 第49-53页 |
| ·New Mode of Thinking | 第49-50页 |
| ·New Equilibrium in Practical Life | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第53-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-60页 |
