| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 2 The Theoretical Framework: Feminism, Feminist Literary Criticism and Woman Writing | 第15-26页 |
| ·Brief Introduction on Feminism | 第15-17页 |
| ·Feminist Literary Criticism | 第17-20页 |
| ·Woman Writing | 第20-26页 |
| ·Anglo-American Theories on Woman Writing | 第20-23页 |
| ·French Theories on Woman Writing | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Barriers to Woman Writing, 20th Century in Particular | 第26-33页 |
| ·Barrier One: "Pens, Metaphor for Penis"—Prejudices against Woman Writing in Traditional Literary History | 第26-27页 |
| ·Barrier Two: Lack of Their Own Literary History | 第27-29页 |
| ·Barrier Three: Financial Dependence and Limited Education Funds | 第29-30页 |
| ·Barrier Four: "Angles and Happy Housewives"—Traditional Women's Roles in Patriarchal Society | 第30-33页 |
| ·Writer or Wife—Limited Writing Time | 第30-31页 |
| ·"To Be, or Not to Be, That is the Question" | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Women's Fights for Woman Writing, Sylvia Plath in Particular | 第33-48页 |
| ·"Searching for Our Mother's Garden"—Fighting against Prejudices and Searching for Female Literary History | 第33-37页 |
| ·"A Room of One's Own"—Fighting for Financial Independence and Own Space | 第37-38页 |
| ·Sylvia Plath—Talented and Hardworking as a Breadwinner and Woman Writer | 第38-40页 |
| ·"Viciousness in the Kitchen"—Plath's Poetry against Domesticity | 第40-48页 |
| ·"Will You Marry It?"—Women V.S. Men | 第42-44页 |
| ·"With Hooks and Cries"—Ambivalence towards Maternity | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter 5 Traditional Genres for Woman Writing and Plath's Historical and Social Contexts | 第48-59页 |
| ·Backgrounds of the Traditional Genres | 第48-50页 |
| ·Plath's Struggle against Traditional Genres | 第50-59页 |
| ·The Holocaust Poems of Sylvia Plath | 第50-55页 |
| ·The Social Contexts of Plath's Poetry | 第55-59页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第59-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-69页 |
| Papers Published | 第69页 |
