| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| 2. Ethical Desire: From the Mortal Sin to Mysterious Joy | 第14-17页 |
| 3. Edna: From the Sleeping Beauty to the Awakened Woman | 第17-25页 |
| ·The Half-Awake State of Being vs. the Growing Self-Awareness | 第17-18页 |
| ·Swimming in the Sea: the Rebirth of Edna | 第18-20页 |
| ·Sail to Cheniere: the Journey to Awakening | 第20-22页 |
| ·Sleeping Mrs. Pontellier vs. Awakened Edna | 第22-25页 |
| 4. Subjectivity: the Very Flame of Self-Awareness | 第25-29页 |
| ·More Subjectivity, More Authenticity | 第25-27页 |
| ·Encountering Her Own Ethical Reality | 第27-29页 |
| 5. Ecstasy: the Anti-Emptiness Moment of Existence | 第29-34页 |
| ·Ecstasy: the Culmination of Existence | 第29-30页 |
| ·Love and Passion: the Way to Self-Actualization | 第30-34页 |
| 6. "My Body, My Existence" | 第34-41页 |
| ·Body: the Object of Desire | 第35-36页 |
| ·Edna: Awakened to Her Bodily Existence | 第36-41页 |
| 7. Conclusion | 第41-43页 |
| Bibliography | 第43-44页 |
