| ABSTRACT | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-15页 |
| ·Drabble as a woman writer | 第7-9页 |
| ·Research at home and abroad | 第9-11页 |
| ·Research purpose and significance | 第11-12页 |
| ·Interpretive framework | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two A Summer Bird-Cage:Sarah Bennett's Observation and Claim ofSexuality and Marriage | 第15-25页 |
| ·Life in the"Cage"—Sarah's claim for marriage | 第16-20页 |
| ·Women's rebellion to traditional marital life | 第16-18页 |
| ·Women's failure at conformity | 第18-20页 |
| ·Life in the"Garden"and sexuality | 第20-25页 |
| Chapter Three The Millstone:Young Woman and Her Claim of Maternity | 第25-37页 |
| ·Life of solitude | 第26-32页 |
| ·Touch without contact | 第26-30页 |
| ·An alien to human community | 第30-32页 |
| ·Life in community and Rosamund's choice of maternity | 第32-37页 |
| Chapter Four Jerusalem the Golden:Life with Will and under Strain | 第37-47页 |
| ·Life under strain—Clara's confinement in her hometown | 第38-41页 |
| ·Hostility between mother and daughter | 第38-39页 |
| ·Clara's confinement in her hometown | 第39-41页 |
| ·Life with freewill:Clara's claim for intellectual and social aspiration | 第41-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第47-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-53页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第53-54页 |
