| English Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第7-14页 |
| ·Virginia Woolf and To the Lighthouse | 第7-9页 |
| ·Woolf on Silence | 第9-11页 |
| ·Possibilities and Methods for Constructing the Meaning of Silence in the Novel | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two: Characterization of Feminine Characters via Silence | 第14-26页 |
| ·Silence Hidden in Mrs. Ramsay and Her "Inner Reality" | 第14-21页 |
| ·The "Reality" Defined by Virginia Woolf | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Portrait of Mrs. Ramsay | 第15-17页 |
| ·Mrs. Ramsay's Silence | 第17-21页 |
| ·Silence Expressed in Lily and Her Painting | 第21-26页 |
| ·The Portrait of Lily Briscoe | 第21-22页 |
| ·Lily's Silence | 第22-25页 |
| ·Lily's Painting as a Kind of Silence | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Three: Thematic Significance of Silence | 第26-29页 |
| ·Silence Deepening the Death and Life Theme | 第26-27页 |
| ·Silence Manifesting the Mother-Daughter Theme | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Four: Silence as a Kind of Narrative Strategy | 第29-34页 |
| ·Silence as a Technique for Expressing the Characters' Vision of Life | 第29-30页 |
| ·Silence as a Strategy to Slow Down the Narrative Speed | 第30-32页 |
| ·Silence as a Space for Readership to Fulfill | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Five: Conclusion | 第34-36页 |
| Bibliography | 第36-40页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第40页 |
