| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION | 第12-18页 |
| ·Margaret Laurence and Her Manawaka | 第12-16页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to A Bird in the House | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-20页 |
| ·Studies on A Bird in the House Home and Abroad | 第18-19页 |
| ·Aim and Significance of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 3 VANESSA TRAPPED IN IMAGINARY ORDER | 第20-36页 |
| ·The Imaginary Order | 第20-22页 |
| ·Vanessa's Identification with Different Family Members and Relatives | 第22-34页 |
| ·Mother-Unconscious Subordination to Oppression of Patriarchal Society | 第22-25页 |
| ·Father-Loss of Spiritual Reliance to Vanessa | 第25-27页 |
| ·Uncle Dan-Failure in Constructing Self | 第27-31页 |
| ·Cousin Chris-Failure to Enter the Society | 第31-34页 |
| ·Vanessa's Confusion | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 4 VANESSA'S CHALLENGE TO THE OTHER IN SYMBOLIC ORDER | 第36-47页 |
| ·The Symbolic Order | 第36-37页 |
| ·Family Influence on Vanessa's Subjectivity Development | 第37-45页 |
| ·Grandfather-Representative of Patriarchal Society | 第38-42页 |
| ·Grandmother—Representative of the Past | 第42-45页 |
| ·Vanessa's Rebellion | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 5 VANESSA'S CONSTRUCTION OF SELF IN REAL ORDER | 第47-57页 |
| ·The Real Order | 第47-48页 |
| ·Formation of Subjectivity | 第48-56页 |
| ·Self-Recognition in Constructing Self | 第48-51页 |
| ·Awakening and Rebellion in Constructing Self | 第51-53页 |
| ·Independence and Survival in Constructing Self | 第53-56页 |
| ·Vanessa's Progress | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter 6 CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| REFERENCES | 第59-62页 |
