| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6页 |
| PartⅠ: Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| PartⅡ: them-a Mirror of Contemporary Women in Difficult Situation | 第12-26页 |
| 2.1 Social background of creating them ---Prosperity of women's Movement | 第12-13页 |
| 2.2 Men in violence and Women Under Violence | 第13-19页 |
| 2.3 Oates' similar experience with her female characters in them | 第19-23页 |
| 2.4 Family matter: natural manifestation of female consciousness | 第23-26页 |
| PartⅢ: Oates's Female Consciousness in Embryonic Form | 第26-32页 |
| 3.1 Women with inescapable fetters of men | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2 Loyal follower of male-oriented literary mainstream | 第28-32页 |
| PartⅠ: V Conclusion | 第32-35页 |
| Bliliography | 第35-36页 |
