| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第10-12页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter One MARGARET ATWOOD AND HER THE EDIBLE WOMAN | 第16-21页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第16-18页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to The Edible Woman | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Two WOMAN'S ROLE IN THE UPS AND DOWNS IN CANADA | 第21-27页 |
| ·Woman's Bewilderment in Verge before Engagement-Marian | 第21-25页 |
| ·Woman's Dilemma in Family Life-Clara | 第25-26页 |
| ·Victimized Female's Image-the Office Virgins | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three FEMALE'S SELF-REALIZATION AND STRUGGLING FOR THEIR IDENTITY | 第27-35页 |
| ·Judith Ann's Fighting for Her Fate | 第27-29页 |
| ·Marian's Difficult Journey Searching for Her Selfness | 第29-35页 |
| ·Self-Consciousness—after the Fall to Objection with Peter | 第29-31页 |
| ·Anorexia—Symbol of the Struggling and Rebellion | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Four FEMALE'S SEARCHING FOR THEIR IDENTITY FROM MALE'S APPROACH | 第35-47页 |
| ·Joe-Offering No Hope to Marian | 第35-37页 |
| ·Duncan-Arousing Self-Awareness to Marian | 第37-47页 |
| Chapter Five WOMAN'S RECONSTRUCTING THEIR IDENTITY | 第47-51页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第51-52页 |
| NOTES | 第52-53页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第53-55页 |