| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·The Objective and Aim | 第11-15页 |
| ·An Overview of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| 3. The Theory of Consumerism | 第26-37页 |
| ·America’s Entry to Consumer Society | 第26-29页 |
| ·Baudrillard’s and Veblen’s Theories of Consumerism | 第29-34页 |
| ·Embryonic Forms of Consumerism in Chopin’s Stories | 第34-37页 |
| 4. Women’s Consuming Behavior in Some of Kate Chopin’s Works | 第37-50页 |
| ·Female Status in Patriarchal Consumer Society | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Sense of Female Self Coming to Being Awakened | 第40-50页 |
| 5. Women’s Consuming Behavior in Some of Kate Chopin’s Works: Deficiencies and Modern Inspirations | 第50-59页 |
| ·Deficiencies of Women’s Consuming Behavior | 第50-56页 |
| ·Temporariness of Evasive Consuming Behavior | 第50-53页 |
| ·Inescapable Nature of Patriarchal Regulations | 第53-56页 |
| ·Modern Inspiration of Female’s Consuming Behavior | 第56-59页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| ·A Summary of the Thesis | 第59-61页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第61-62页 |
| Works Cited | 第62-64页 |
