| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| ·Amy Tan and Her Literary Creations | 第9-13页 |
| ·Literature Review of The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God's Wife | 第13-17页 |
| ·Studies abroad | 第13-14页 |
| ·Studies in China | 第14-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第17页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Basis | 第19-26页 |
| ·Feminist Literary Criticism and its Development | 第19-21页 |
| ·Mother-daughter Relationship in Women Writers' Works | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Minority Woman as Marginalized Writer | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Two Paradox in Mother-daughter Relationship in The Joy Luck Club | 第26-40页 |
| ·Cultural Paradox in Mother-daughter Relations | 第29-36页 |
| ·Social Paradox in Mother-daughter Relations | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Three Myth-making as Empowerment in Mother-daughter Relationship in The Kitchen God's Wife | 第40-54页 |
| ·Myth-making as a Healing Power | 第42-45页 |
| ·Myth-making as a Self-Empowerment | 第45-51页 |
| ·Myth-making as a Reconciling Force | 第51-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| References | 第56-60页 |
| Publications | 第60页 |
