| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第10-21页 |
| I. Characterizations in Robinson's Gilead vs. Shields's The Stone Diaries | 第21-39页 |
| A. Characterization of Grandfather, Father, and John in Gilead | 第22-27页 |
| 1. Men with Opposite Beliefs | 第22-25页 |
| 2. A Struggling Minister | 第25-27页 |
| B. Characterization of Mothers and Daisy in The Stone Diaries | 第27-33页 |
| 1. Women with Same Destiny | 第28-31页 |
| 2. A Paradoxical Housewife | 第31-33页 |
| C. Essence of Family Tales in Two Autobiographies | 第33-39页 |
| 1. Honoring the Old as Part of the Family Glory | 第34-36页 |
| 2. Breaking Away from the Old to Embrace the New | 第36-39页 |
| II. Narrative Strategies in Robinson's Gilead vs. Shields's The Stone Diaries | 第39-57页 |
| A. Present Men: Narrative Strategies in Gilead | 第40-45页 |
| 1. First-Person Narrative and Tense Shifting | 第40-42页 |
| 2. Anticipation of Absence and Narration of Immediacy | 第42-45页 |
| B. Absent Women: Narrative Strategies in The Stone Diaries | 第45-52页 |
| 1. Shift of Point of View | 第46-49页 |
| 2. Self-Erasure and Fragmentation | 第49-52页 |
| C. Perspectives Defined by Genders in Two Autobiographies | 第52-57页 |
| 1. Perspectives Defined as Males: Seeing | 第53-55页 |
| 2. Perspectives Defined as Females: Seen | 第55-57页 |
| III. Themes in Robinson's Gilead vs. Shields's The Stone Diaries | 第57-75页 |
| A. Spiritual Guidance: Establishing Men‘s Authority in Gilead | 第57-63页 |
| 1. Men as Leaders and Pioneers of the Human Community | 第58-61页 |
| 2. Lives of Men under Role Models of Their Forefathers | 第61-63页 |
| B. Life-long Confusion: Discovering Women‘s Identity in The Stone Diaries | 第63-69页 |
| 1. Lives with Imposed Roles and Expected Behaviors | 第64-67页 |
| 2. Lives Haunted by Loneliness and Emptiness | 第67-69页 |
| C. Identity Search of Different Genders in Two Autobiographies | 第69-75页 |
| 1. Identity Search of Men: Succession | 第70-72页 |
| 2. Identity Search of Women: Loss | 第72-75页 |
| Conclusion | 第75-78页 |
| Works Cited | 第78-85页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第85-87页 |
| Paper Published during Study | 第87-88页 |
