| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-35页 |
| 1. Women’s Space | 第10-15页 |
| 2. Theories of Narrative Space | 第15-29页 |
| 3. Gertrude Stein and Three Lives | 第29-31页 |
| 4. Organization of the Dissertation | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter One: Construction of Women’s Narrative Space | 第35-64页 |
| 1. The Modes of Women’s Narrative Space | 第35-42页 |
| 2. The Levels of Women’s Narrative Space | 第42-64页 |
| Chapter Two: Open Narrative Space in “The Good Anna” | 第64-85页 |
| 1. An Open Space of Her Own: Metaphor of Character’s Spirit | 第64-72页 |
| 2. Narrator’s Spatial Affinity: Sympathy and Disapproval | 第72-80页 |
| 3. Author’s Embracing of Women’s Liberating Image | 第80-85页 |
| Chapter Three: Enclosed Narrative Space in “The Gentle Lena” | 第85-105页 |
| 1. Home as an Enclosed Structure：Metaphor of Character’s Body | 第85-93页 |
| 2. Narrator’s Spatial Distance: Indifference and Appreciation | 第93-101页 |
| 3. Author’s Approval of Women’s Traditional Image | 第101-105页 |
| Chapter Four: Third narrative space in “Melanctha” | 第105-128页 |
| 1. Fusion of Different Spaces: Metaphor of Character’s Modern Life | 第105-113页 |
| 2. Narrator’s Spatial Movements and Ambiguous Attitudes | 第113-120页 |
| 3. Author’s Acceptance’s of Women’s Transforming Image | 第120-128页 |
| Conclusion | 第128-132页 |
| Bibliography | 第132-137页 |
