| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Willa Cather and Sapphira and the Slave Girl | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 Research task, method and structure | 第15-17页 |
| 2. Establishment of the Power Relation | 第17-27页 |
| 2.1 The social foundation of the power relation | 第17-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Sapphira as the patriarchal owner of the "plantation" | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Sapphira as the slaveholder | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 The individual factors of the formation of the power relation | 第21-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Sapphira's strong personality | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Sapphira's special health condition | 第24-27页 |
| 3. Maintenance of the Power Relation | 第27-38页 |
| 3.1 Suppression of her family members | 第27-32页 |
| 3.1.1 Expulsion of the threatening from her family members | 第27-29页 |
| 3.1.2 Suppression of her family members' antislavery believes | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2 Management of her slaves | 第32-38页 |
| 3.2.1 Treatment of the slave as the physical labor | 第32-35页 |
| 3.2.2 Management of the slaves' emotional life | 第35-38页 |
| 4. Resistance Against and Collapse of the Power Relation | 第38-47页 |
| 4.1 Resistance against the power relation | 第38-42页 |
| 4.1.1 Individual resistance against the power relation | 第38-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Coalition resistance against the power relation | 第40-42页 |
| 4.2 Collapse and subsequent influence of the power relation | 第42-47页 |
| 4.2.1 Sapphira's death and the abolition of slavery | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2.2 Subsequent influence of the power relation | 第44-47页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
