| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-22页 |
| 1 Purpose of writing this paper | 第11-12页 |
| 2 Life and status | 第12-15页 |
| 3 Introduction to her literary works and achievements | 第15-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ:Chief Feature of Canadian Literature | 第22-31页 |
| 1 Summary of the motif—survival in Canadian literature | 第22-27页 |
| 2 Theme of Survival in Atwood's Works | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ:The Crisis of Females' Survival | 第31-46页 |
| 1 Problem of eating and narrator shifting in The Edible Woman as means against femininity | 第31-35页 |
| 2 The growing process of a young girl and the survival crisis of identification with femininity in Cat's Eye | 第35-46页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ:Survival Crisis in the Post-colonial Period | 第46-58页 |
| 1 A brief introduction to Canada's history | 第46-49页 |
| 2 Argumentative problems of post-colonialism in Canada | 第49-51页 |
| 3 Postcolonialism in The Robber Bride | 第51-52页 |
| 4 Identity crisis and racial oppression in the post-colonial Canada in The Robber Bride | 第52-58页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ:Deterioration of Societal Environment | 第58-64页 |
| 1 The consumer society | 第58-61页 |
| 2 Blurring of illusion,fiction,reality,andgenres | 第61-62页 |
| 3 The postmodern world:a world of simulation and alienation | 第62-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
