| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Richard Yates：A Literature Review | 第16-25页 |
| ·Yates’life experience and main works | 第16-18页 |
| ·The contents and latest comments of The Revolutionary Road | 第18-20页 |
| ·Present research on Yates’stories | 第20-23页 |
| ·The introduction of Yates’stories | 第21-22页 |
| ·The researches on the film—The Revolutionary Road | 第22-23页 |
| ·The feasibility of the research on The Revolutionary Road from the perspective of the feminist theory | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Retrospect on the Development of the Feminism in the Middle Twentieth Century | 第25-39页 |
| ·The development of feminism | 第25-34页 |
| ·The first phase of feminist movement | 第25-28页 |
| ·The second phase of feminist movement | 第28-32页 |
| ·The New Feminism | 第32-34页 |
| ·Virginia Woolf’s idea of androgyny | 第34-36页 |
| ·Simone de Beauvoir’s idea of “the other” | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter 3 April’s Feminist Awakening and Tragic Fate in the Revolutionary Road | 第39-65页 |
| ·The patriarchal image of “the happy housewife” | 第39-49页 |
| ·The image of the “happy housewife” | 第39-41页 |
| ·April’s position as “the happy housewife”in the patriarchal society | 第41-44页 |
| ·April’s role as “the other” in the patriarchal society | 第44-49页 |
| ·April’s awakening and rebelling | 第49-58页 |
| ·The outbreak of April’s depressed emotions | 第49-52页 |
| ·April’s rebellion and pursuit of freedom | 第52-54页 |
| ·April’s tragic death | 第54-58页 |
| ·The main cause of April’s revolution and disillusion | 第58-65页 |
| ·The prejudice against the woman in the patriarchal society | 第58-60页 |
| ·Frank’s ambiguous attitude | 第60-62页 |
| ·April’s love: unrealistic illusion | 第62-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix (攻读学位期间主要研究成果目录 | 第73-74页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第74-85页 |
