| ABSTRACT | 第2页 |
| 摘要 | 第3-5页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第5-19页 |
| 1.1 Sylvia Plath and The Bell Jar | 第5-10页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第10-17页 |
| 1.2.1 From the Perspective of Psychoanalysis | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2.2 From the Perspective of Feminism | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2.3 From the Perspective of Cultural Studies | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 Research Question and Thesis Organization | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第19-23页 |
| 2.1 Main Tenets of Illness Narrative Theory | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Arthur W. Frank's Illness Narrative Theory | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three Illness Narrative in The Bell Jar | 第23-30页 |
| 3.1 Esther's Lack of Body Control | 第23-25页 |
| 3.2 Esther's Dissociated Body-relatedness | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3 Esther's Alienated Other-relatedness | 第26-27页 |
| 3.4 Esther's Absent Desire | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Four Female Rebirth Implied in The Bell Jar | 第30-42页 |
| 4.1 Interpretation of the Open Ending | 第30-31页 |
| 4.2 Reconstruction of Female and Able-bodied Subjectivity | 第31-36页 |
| 4.3 Rejection to the Distorted Social Construction of Illness | 第36-38页 |
| 4.4 Pursuit of Professional Medical Authority | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第42-45页 |
| 5.1 Main Findings of the Research | 第42-43页 |
| 5.2 Thesis Limitations and Suggestions | 第43-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-48页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第48-50页 |
