| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-24页 |
| ·The Issue and Thesis Statement,Rationale and Methodological Consideration,plus a Review of the Researches on Angela Carter | 第12-16页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Nights at the Circus | 第16-19页 |
| ·A Glimpse to Angela Carter's Contemplation on Fevvers and Gender Roles | 第19-24页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Background to the Analysis of Nights at the Circus | 第24-36页 |
| ·The Definition of the Term "Fantastic" | 第24-28页 |
| ·Todorov's definition of "the fantastic" | 第24-26页 |
| ·Jackson's definition of "the fantastic" | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Function of the Fantastic Images | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Studies on Gender Roles and the Features of Patriarchal Social Structures | 第31-36页 |
| Chapter Three The Subversive Potential of the Fantastic Images in Nights at the Circus Deconstructing the Culturally Constructed Patriarchal Gender Roles | 第36-62页 |
| ·Metamorphosis | 第37-38页 |
| ·Fevvers' Body and Her Wings---Central Fantastic mages | 第38-52页 |
| ·Fevvers' body;a symbol of transformation and refusal;of patriarchy | 第39-41页 |
| ·Fevvers' body as site of subversion;challenging western culture's version of women as passive objects and subverting culturally constructed patriarchal gender roles | 第41-46页 |
| ·Fevvers' wings as symbol of liberation;the image demolishing the patriarchal construct of femininity and,symbolizing the enthusiasm and hopefulness | 第46-50页 |
| ·Flying;the flight image throwing questions of identity onto the axis of gender | 第50-52页 |
| ·Monstrous Women as Transformed Female Bodies,the Image of "an army of lovers" and a Vital Image of Carnivalistic Laughter | 第52-62页 |
| ·Monstrous women undergoing a magical transformation;parodying traditional notions of women and envisaging the possibility of breaking up the rigid boundaries that are drawn around;the female body | 第52-58页 |
| ·The image of "an army of lovers";disrupting the male-centered established order and welcoming the possibility of forging a new social order | 第58-59页 |
| ·A vital image of carnivalistic laughter;divorced from western rationality and logic,carrying the potential for change toward a new and a better world | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第62-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-71页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第71页 |
