| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第10-14页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to Alice Munro and Lives of Girls and Women | 第10-12页 |
| 1.1.1 A brief introduction to Alice Munro | 第10-11页 |
| 1.1.2 A brief introduction to Lives of Girls and Women | 第11-12页 |
| 1.1.3 A brief introduction to this study | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Study | 第12页 |
| 1.3 The Structure of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL BASIS | 第14-19页 |
| 2.1 Literature Review | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2 Theoretical Basis | 第15-19页 |
| 2.2.1 An introduction to Feminism | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.2 Second-Wave Feminism | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Three THE INITIATION OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS:OTHERS'STIMULATION | 第19-30页 |
| 3.1 Living in a Patriarchal Society | 第20-26页 |
| 3.1.1 Males' domination position | 第21-24页 |
| 3.1.2 Females' loss of self-identities | 第24-26页 |
| 3.2. Inspiration by Mother | 第26-30页 |
| 3.2.1 Passionate pursuit of knowledge | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2.2 Unhesitating pursuit of economic independence | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS:INNERAWAKING | 第30-37页 |
| 4.1 Bravely Overcoming Difficulties with Self-consciousness | 第30-32页 |
| 4.2 Independently Certifying Religious Belief with Independent Thinking | 第32-37页 |
| Chapter Five THE CONSTRUCTION OF SELF-IDENTITY:SPIRITUALLIBERATION AND ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE | 第37-48页 |
| 5.1 Struggle for Spiritual Liberation | 第37-45页 |
| 5.1.1 Bitterness of secret love | 第38-39页 |
| 5.1.2 Shake-up of love fantasy | 第39-41页 |
| 5.1.3 Hatred to patriarchal society | 第41-43页 |
| 5.1.4 Rapture with man-oriented marriage | 第43-45页 |
| 5.2 Realization of Economic Independence | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第48-52页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of This Study | 第48-49页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of This Study and Some Directions for Further Study | 第49-52页 |
| 6.2.1 Limitation | 第49-50页 |
| 6.2.2 Directions for further study | 第50-52页 |
| REFERENCES | 第52-54页 |
| 攻读博± (硕±)学位期间发表的学术成果（在学期间发表文章） | 第54-55页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第55页 |
