| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| 1 Theodore Dreiser and Jennnie Gerhardt | 第12-15页 |
| 2 The Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER ONE THEORETICAL BASIS AND LITERATURE REVUEW | 第17-22页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis | 第17-19页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LINKS BETWEEN WOMEN AND NATURE | 第22-32页 |
| ·The Common Characteristics of Women and Nature | 第22-28页 |
| ·Role in the Human World | 第22-24页 |
| ·Change of Status in Men's World | 第24-28页 |
| ·Links between Natural Scene and Jennie in the Novel | 第28-32页 |
| ·Innocence and Virginity | 第28-30页 |
| ·Endurance and Optimism | 第30-32页 |
| CHAPTER THREE SITUATION OF NATURE AND WOMEN AT THE TIMEOF JENNIE GERHARDT | 第32-42页 |
| ·Nature and Women in the Early 20th Century | 第32-36页 |
| ·The State of Nature | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Situation of Women | 第34-36页 |
| ·Male Domination over Jennie in Jennie Gerhardt | 第36-42页 |
| ·Wiliam Gerhardt | 第36-38页 |
| ·Senator Brander | 第38-39页 |
| ·Lester Kane | 第39-42页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR TRANSITION OF NATURE AND WOMEN'S RESPONSETO DOMINATION | 第42-51页 |
| ·Nature's Response to Human Domination | 第42-44页 |
| ·Women's Response to Male Domination | 第44-51页 |
| ·Women's Silence | 第45-48页 |
| ·Women's Awakening | 第48-51页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第51-53页 |
| REFERENCES | 第53-56页 |
