| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| ·Doris Lessing and her writing | 第9-10页 |
| ·A briefing of The Cleft | 第10-11页 |
| ·The main idea and the frame of the thesis | 第11-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-19页 |
| ·International studies on Lessing’s works | 第16-17页 |
| ·Domestic studies on lessing’s works | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation and Research Methodology | 第19-25页 |
| ·Feminist methodology | 第19-21页 |
| ·Psychoanalytic feminism | 第21-22页 |
| ·Feminist cultural criticism | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 4 Women in Myth: An Analysis of Lessing’s Idea on the Shaping of Sexes | 第25-41页 |
| ·Origin of sexes | 第25-33页 |
| ·Deconstruction of the Bible | 第27-29页 |
| ·Tension between the Clefts and the Monsters | 第29-33页 |
| ·Loss of the all-female world | 第33-41页 |
| ·Loss of the asexual reproduction | 第33-36页 |
| ·Loss of female history | 第36-41页 |
| Chapter 5 Women in Culture: AnAnalysis of How Patriarchal Culture Changes Women’s life | 第41-58页 |
| ·Origin of Genders | 第42-47页 |
| ·Death of the old she | 第42-45页 |
| ·Cohabitation of the Squirts and the Clefts | 第45-47页 |
| ·From ugly ancestors to beloved goddess | 第47-58页 |
| ·“Women became more than themselves” | 第47-51页 |
| ·Cultural restrictions on women | 第51-54页 |
| ·Imperfect mother | 第54-58页 |
| Chapter 6 Women in Nature: AnAnalysis of the Possible Way to Harmony Put Forth by Lessing | 第58-72页 |
| ·Women and nature | 第58-64页 |
| ·“Man does, woman is” | 第59-62页 |
| ·Good mother nature and bad mother nature | 第62-64页 |
| ·A reasonable future for bisexual harmony | 第64-72页 |
| ·Castrated Horsa | 第65-68页 |
| ·Beginning of the next tale | 第68-72页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第72-77页 |
| ·Main ideas | 第72-73页 |
| ·Implications | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitation and suggestion | 第74-77页 |
| References | 第77-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81-82页 |
| 作者简介 | 第82页 |
