| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-9页 |
| 1． Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 2． The Life as Source—One Distinct Feature in the New Zealand Stories | 第13-30页 |
| 2．1 The New Zealand Stories | 第13-20页 |
| 2．1．1 The Early New Zealand Stories | 第14-15页 |
| 2．1．2 Later New Zealand Stories | 第15-20页 |
| 2．2 The Connections between Mansfield's Life and the New Zealand stories | 第20-30页 |
| 3． The In-between Position—Another Distinct Feature in the New Zealand Stories | 第30-41页 |
| 3．1 Mansfield's Ambivalent Position | 第31-33页 |
| 3．2 The Binary Opposition—Colonial and Metropolitan | 第33-41页 |
| 4． The Themes in the New Zealand Stories | 第41-51页 |
| 4．1 Female-Male Conflicts | 第41-45页 |
| 4．2 The Paradox of Life and Death | 第45-51页 |
| 5． The Writing Techniques in the New Zealand Stories | 第51-61页 |
| 5．1 Images and Symbols | 第51-54页 |
| 5．2 Epiphany | 第54-57页 |
| 5．3 Slice of Life | 第57-58页 |
| 5．4 Indirect-Free Narrative Style | 第58-61页 |
| 6． Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64页 |
