| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter One A BRIEF SURVEY OF GOTHIC FICTION | 第14-19页 |
| ·An Overview of Gothic Fiction | 第15-16页 |
| ·Female Gothic | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two REBECCA'S UNIQUE GOTHIC WRITING SKILLS:SUBVERSION OF TRADITIONAL MALE GOTHIC WRITING | 第19-41页 |
| ·Gothic Setting | 第19-24页 |
| ·Gothic space: Manderley | 第19-22页 |
| ·Nature in Gothic: the surrounding landscape | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Arrangement of Characters | 第24-31页 |
| ·The shift of central characters from male to female | 第24-27页 |
| ·An ingenious arrangement of complicated relationships among characters | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Transformation of Male Gothic Plot Pattern | 第31-35页 |
| ·Love pattern | 第31-33页 |
| ·Bluebeard pattern | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Shift of Male Gothic Narrative Conventions | 第35-41页 |
| Chapter Three REBECCA'S UNIQUE GOTHIC WRITING SKILLS:TRANSCENDENCE OVER TRADITIONAL FEMALE GOTHIC WRITING | 第41-54页 |
| ·A Thorough Disintegration of Patriarchal Symbol: the Gothic Space Manderley | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Arrangement of Female Characters | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Shift of Female Gothic Plot Pattern | 第45-48页 |
| ·Cinderella pattern | 第45-47页 |
| ·Bluebeard pattern | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Transformation of Narrative Conventions in Female Gothic | 第48-54页 |
| Chapter Four FEMALE CONSCIOUSNESS IN REBECCA | 第54-63页 |
| ·The Lack of Female Consciousness in Traditional Male Gothic | 第56-58页 |
| ·The Incomplete Awakening of Female Consciousness in Classic Female Gothic | 第58-60页 |
| ·Rebecca: the Real Independence of Female Consciousness | 第60-63页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第63-65页 |
| Works Cited | 第65-66页 |