| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-22页 |
| A. Brief Introduction of Alice Munro and Her Achievements | 第10-11页 |
| B. Summary Plot | 第11-16页 |
| C. Simone de Beauvoir’s Existential Feminism | 第16-17页 |
| D. Literature Review on Munro’s short stories at home and abroad | 第17-22页 |
| Chapter I The Subordinate Women | 第22-29页 |
| A. The Definition of “the other” | 第22-24页 |
| B. Women are represented as “the other” in the patriarchal world | 第24-29页 |
| Chapter II Plights and Imprisonment of the Women Characters | 第29-46页 |
| A. Plights of Women | 第29-38页 |
| B. Imprisonment of Women | 第38-46页 |
| Chapter III Women’s Pursuit for the Wholeness of Life | 第46-56页 |
| A. Unmarried Women’s Pursuit for the Wholeness of Life | 第46-49页 |
| B. Housewives’Seeking for the Wholeness of Life | 第49-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Notes | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64页 |
