| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 论文摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One: The Western and The Woman | 第13-35页 |
| 1.1 The Western as a Genre: From The Past to The Present | 第13-22页 |
| 1.2 Westerners Portrayed in the Western: Male and Female | 第22-27页 |
| 1.3 The Way of Seeing in Westerns | 第27-35页 |
| 1.3.1 On Feminism and The Feminist Criticism | 第27-30页 |
| 1.3.2 On Feminist Film Criticism | 第30-35页 |
| Chapter Two: The Dangling Woman in Dances with Wolves (1990) | 第35-45页 |
| 2.1 Synopsis | 第35-37页 |
| 2.2 Woman between Two Races | 第37-40页 |
| 2.3 New Woman Stands up or Not | 第40-45页 |
| Chapter Three: The Tough Woman in True Grit (2010) | 第45-53页 |
| 3.1 Synopsis | 第45-46页 |
| 3.2 The Lost but Re-found Female Voice | 第46-49页 |
| 3.3 Rethinking the Western Hero | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter Four: The Awakening Woman in The Homesman (2014) | 第53-62页 |
| 4.1 Synopsis | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2 Female Protagonists with Identity Anxiety | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3 From "Homeswoman" to Homesman | 第57-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| FILMOGRAPHY | 第64-68页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第68-73页 |
