| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter Two From Sex-role Stereotypes to Psychological Androgyny | 第13-21页 |
| ·Sex-role Stereotypes | 第15-17页 |
| ·Psychological Androgyny | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter Three Psychological Androgyny---the Ideal Cather Pursued | 第21-43页 |
| ·Cather’s Quest for Psychological Integrality of the Two Halves | 第23-27页 |
| ·Disintegration of the Conventional Polarisation of Sex-role Identity | 第27-35页 |
| ·Intrusion into the Territory Formerly Banned from Female Authors | 第28-31页 |
| ·Unconventional Characterization | 第31-35页 |
| ·Paradigm of Combination---Three Female Protagonists in Cather’s Pioneer Novels | 第35-43页 |
| ·Not “Angels”in the Household | 第36-41页 |
| ·Quest for a Sense of Wholeness | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four Significance of Psychological Androgyny | 第43-46页 |
| ·Literary Significance | 第43-44页 |
| ·Social Significance | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| References | 第48-51页 |
| Publication | 第51页 |
