| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-19页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to Brian Friel and His Works | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 An Introduction to Dancing at Lughnasa | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第15-17页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Statement and Theoretical Basis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO CONTEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION OF PERSONALMEMORY | 第19-35页 |
| 2.1 Autobiographical Features in Dancing at Lughnasa | 第19-22页 |
| 2.2 Memory and narration | 第22-27页 |
| 2.3 Contemporary Construction of Personal Memory: to Remember withNostalgia | 第27-29页 |
| 2.4 Contemporary Construction of Personal Memory: to Come to Termswith Guilt | 第29-35页 |
| 2.4.1 Releasing the Shame of Illegitimacy | 第30-33页 |
| 2.4.2 Lament of Escape | 第33-35页 |
| CHAPTER THREE CONTEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIALHISTORY | 第35-48页 |
| 3.1 The Recovery and Reconstruction of Irish History in Friel’s Plays | 第35-37页 |
| 3.2 Contemporary Constructions of the Past | 第37-48页 |
| 3.2.1 Female Roles | 第38-42页 |
| 3.2.2 Social Repression | 第42-45页 |
| 3.2.3 The Problem of Emigration | 第45-48页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第48-51页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第51-53页 |
