| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第12-26页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第12-15页 |
| ·Discourse | 第12页 |
| ·Ideology | 第12-14页 |
| ·Ideology, Discourse and Knowledge | 第14-15页 |
| ·Feminism and Patriarchal Ideology | 第15-19页 |
| ·Patriarchal Ideology in Walker's Previous Works | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Color Purple | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Temple of My Familiar | 第21-22页 |
| ·Previous Research on the Patriarchal Ideology in Walker's Novels | 第22-26页 |
| ·Research Abroad | 第22-23页 |
| ·Research in China | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Two Patriarchal Ideology in the Novel | 第26-37页 |
| ·"Property of the Men" | 第26-28页 |
| ·"Free Hired Help" | 第28-30页 |
| ·Oppression of Patriarchal Ideology in Susannah's Family | 第30-35页 |
| ·Patriarchal Ideology Suffered by women in the World | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Three The Constructive Discourse in the Novel | 第37-51页 |
| ·Men-Victims of the Patriarchal Society | 第37-40页 |
| ·Harmonious Coexistence of Men,Women and the Nature | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Sexual Pleasure of the Women | 第43-46页 |
| ·Father's Blessing to their Daughters | 第46-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-56页 |
