| ABSTRACT | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| CONTENTS | 第5-6页 |
| CHAPTERⅠINTRODUCTION | 第6-13页 |
| ·Kate Chopin’s Rebellious Life | 第6-8页 |
| ·Kate Chopin’s Transgressive Literary Career | 第8-10页 |
| ·The Awakening | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTERⅡ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-21页 |
| ·The Research Abroad | 第13-18页 |
| ·The Research at Home | 第18-21页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK—NEW HISTORICISM | 第21-26页 |
| ·The Rise of New Historicism | 第21-23页 |
| ·Historicity of Text and Textuality of History | 第23-26页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ HISTORICITY OF TEXT IN CHOPIN'S THE AWAKENING | 第26-43页 |
| ·Social Events in The Awakening | 第26-29页 |
| ·The Urbanization | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Women’s Intellectual Progress | 第28-29页 |
| ·Social Influence upon the Characters in The Awakening | 第29-43页 |
| ·Mademoiselle Reisz: An Independent Solitary Pianist | 第30-33页 |
| ·Edna Pontellier: An Awakening Bold Transgressor | 第33-37页 |
| ·Leonce Pontellier: A Rebellious Unconventional Husband | 第37-43页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ TEXTUALITY OF HISTORY IN CHOPIN’STHE AWAKENING | 第43-61页 |
| ·Women’s Social Status in the 19thCentury | 第43-48页 |
| ·Women Shackled as “Angel in the House” | 第44-45页 |
| ·Women Excluded from Public Spheres | 第45-46页 |
| ·Women Deprived of the Legal Rights | 第46-48页 |
| ·Chopin’s Reconstruction of Women’s History | 第48-61页 |
| ·Chopin’s Argument for the Female Economic Independence | 第49-53页 |
| ·Chopin’s Support for the Female Sexual Independence | 第53-56页 |
| ·Chopin’s Rejection of the Conventional Marriage | 第56-61页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅵ CONCLUSION | 第61-63页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第63-68页 |
