| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-25页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第15-21页 |
| 2.1.1 A Brief Introduction to Khaled Hosseini and A Thousand SplendidSuns | 第15-17页 |
| 2.1.2 Previous studies on A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第17-21页 |
| 2.2 A Brief Introduction to the Development of Feminism in Western Countries | 第21-24页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第25-40页 |
| 3.1 A Brief Introduction to Systemic Functional Grammar | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2 Introduction to Transitivity System | 第28-38页 |
| 3.2.1 Material Process | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2.2 Mental Process | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2.3 Relational Process | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.4 Verbal Process | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2.5 Behavioral Process | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2.6 Existential Processes | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3 Other Participants | 第38页 |
| 3.4 Circumstantial Elements | 第38-39页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第40页 |
| 4.2 Data collection | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3 Research Procedure | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第42-72页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第42-43页 |
| 5.2 Distribution of Mariam's and Nana's transitivity processes | 第43-52页 |
| 5.2.1 The Differences in Transitivity Patterns Between Mariam and Nana | 第44-52页 |
| 5.3 Distribution of Mariam’s and Jalil’s transitivityprocesses | 第52-58页 |
| 5.3.1 The Differences in Transitivity Patterns Between Mariam andJalil | 第53-58页 |
| 5.4 Distribution of Mariam's and Rasheed's transitivity processes | 第58-64页 |
| 5.4.1 The Differences in Transitivity Patterns Between Mariam and Rasheed | 第59-64页 |
| 5.5 Distribution of Laila's and Rasheed's transitivity processes | 第64-70页 |
| 5.5.1 The Differences in Transitivity Patterns Between Laila and Rasheed | 第64-70页 |
| 5.6 The Differences in Transitivity Patterns Between Laila and Mariam | 第70-71页 |
| 5.7 Summary | 第71-72页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第72-76页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第72-74页 |
| 6.2 Significance of the study | 第74-75页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第75-76页 |
| References | 第76-79页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第79-81页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第81页 |
