| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| 1.1 Brief Introduction of Colleen McCullough and The Thorn Birds | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第12-16页 |
| 1.2.1 Foreign and Domestic Study of The Thorn Birds | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2.2 Foreign and Domestic Study of the Feminist Narratoloty | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 The Significance of the Study and the Structure of the Thesis | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第19-26页 |
| 2.1 A Brief Introduction of Feminist Narratology | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.1 The Definition of Feminist Narratology | 第19页 |
| 2.1.2 The Development of Feminist Narratology | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.3 The Features of Feminist Narratology | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.4 The Research Methods of Feminist Narratology | 第22页 |
| 2.2 Narrative Voice | 第22-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Authorial Voice | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.2 Personal Voice | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Three Female Authority in Authorial Voice | 第26-39页 |
| 3.1 The Presentation of Authorial Voice on the First Generation of Cleary Women | 第27-30页 |
| 3.2 The Presentation of Authorial voice on the Second Generation of Cleary Women | 第30-35页 |
| 3.3 The Presentation of Authorial Voice on the Third Generation of Cleary Women | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Four Female Authority in Personal Voice | 第39-49页 |
| 4.1 The Presentation of Personal Voice on the First Generation of Cleary Women | 第39-43页 |
| 4.2 The Presentation of Personal Voice on the Second Generation of Cleary Women | 第43-46页 |
| 4.3 The Presentation of Personal Voice on the Third Generation of Cleary Women | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-55页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第55页 |
