| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第12-18页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Sinclair Lewis and Main Street | 第12-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第18-22页 |
| ·Introduction to Beauvoir’s Feminist Thoughts | 第18-19页 |
| ·Introduction to Beauvoir’s The Second Sex | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER III CAROL’S SUBVERSION OF TRADITIONAL WOMEN IMAGE | 第22-31页 |
| ·An Ambitious Woman with Self-consciousness | 第23-26页 |
| ·A Brave Woman with Independent Thoughts | 第26-28页 |
| ·Comparison between Carol and Some Women in Gopher Prairie | 第28-31页 |
| CHAPTER IV CAROL’S ACTIVE CHALLENGES TO THE PATRIARCHAL HIERARCHY | 第31-42页 |
| ·Challenges to the Patriarchal Family | 第31-35页 |
| ·Challenges to the Patriarchal and Hierarchal Society | 第35-42页 |
| ·Challenges to the Patriarchal Society | 第35-39页 |
| ·Challenges to the Hierarchal Society | 第39-42页 |
| CHAPTER V CAROL’S WEAKNESSES AND HER DILEMMA IN PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY | 第42-52页 |
| ·An Idealistic Designer and Impractical Performer | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Dilemma and Weakness of Feminity | 第44-49页 |
| ·Psychological Frustrations | 第49-52页 |
| CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION | 第52-55页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第55-57页 |
