| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·A brief Introduction to Fowles'Life and Literary Career | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Summary of The French Lieutenant's Woman | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter two Literature Review | 第16-22页 |
| ·International Study | 第16-21页 |
| ·The Theme of the Novel | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Analysis of Sarah | 第17-19页 |
| ·Narrative Techniques | 第19-21页 |
| ·Domestic Review | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three An Account of Radical Feminism Theory | 第22-31页 |
| ·Feminist Theory | 第22页 |
| ·Feminist Criticism | 第22-24页 |
| ·Radical feminism | 第24-28页 |
| ·Representative Feminist Critics and her View | 第26页 |
| ·Key terms on Feminist Criticism | 第26-28页 |
| ·"Patriarchy" | 第26-27页 |
| ·Otherness | 第27-28页 |
| ·Major Characteristics of "New Women" | 第28-31页 |
| ·Challenges to traditional roles of woman | 第28页 |
| ·Challenges to traditional marriage | 第28-29页 |
| ·Challenge to the traditional image | 第29页 |
| ·Challenge the relationship between male and female | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter four Unequal Contrast between male and female Characters | 第31-48页 |
| ·The Mystery of Sarah | 第32-41页 |
| ·The Image of Sarah | 第32-40页 |
| ·The role of Inferiority | 第34-40页 |
| ·Sarah's behaviors | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Absence of Sarah's Voice | 第36-38页 |
| ·Sarah's Intention | 第38-40页 |
| ·Male Imagination of Sarah | 第40-41页 |
| ·Sarah as the Role of "Catalyst" | 第41-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Narrative Strategies | 第48-61页 |
| ·Narrative Device in Characterizations of male and female | 第48-54页 |
| ·The Real Protagonist:Charles | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Central Figure:Sarah | 第51-54页 |
| ·The Triple Endings | 第54-61页 |
| ·The Credibility of Three Endings | 第55-58页 |
| ·The Failure of Sarah's Final Freedom-The third ending | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-69页 |
| 攻读硕士研究生阶段发表论文 | 第69页 |