| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-7页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第8-9页 |
| Abbreviations | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| Chapter One Amy Tan's Female-Centered Writing,Feminism and Matrilineal Literary Tradition | 第16-24页 |
| 1.1.Amy Tan's Female-centered Writing and the Male-centered Writing Tradition | 第16-19页 |
| 1.2.Feminist Theory and Matrilineal Literary Tradition | 第19-24页 |
| Chapter Two Amy Tan's Creation of a World of Women | 第24-42页 |
| 2.1.The Writing of Matrilineage—Tan's Recovery of the Mother-daughter Relationship | 第24-31页 |
| 2.2.Women in Pursuit of Their Own Identity in the Patriarchal Society | 第31-39页 |
| 2.3.Women's Friendship and Sisterhood in Amy Tan's Novels | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Three Amy Tan's Subversion of the Male-Centered Writing Tradition | 第42-53页 |
| 3.1.The Absence and Silence of Fathers in Amy Tan's Novels | 第42-44页 |
| 3.2.The Subversion of Men's Traditional Images | 第44-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-57页 |
