| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第7-9页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第9-17页 |
| CHAPTER ONE THE AMBIVALENT WOMAN: THE MASCULINE FEMALE PROTAGONIST CONFINED BY TRADITIONAL PATRIARCHAL IDEOLOGY | 第17-29页 |
| 1. The Strong Woman: Masculinity Performed by a Female | 第17-21页 |
| 2. The Momentary Escape from Constraint of Femininity: the Function of Constructing Masculinity | 第21-25页 |
| 3. Proulx's Ambiguous Attitude toward the Female Protagonist | 第25-29页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THE REJUVENATED MAN: POSITIVE INFLUENCE EXERTED BY THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITY | 第29-41页 |
| 1. The Desperate Man Suffered from Masculinity Crisis | 第29-33页 |
| 2. The Reconstruction of Masculinity | 第33-35页 |
| 3. The Change Caused by the Reconstruction of Masculinity | 第35-41页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE IDEAL GENDER RELATION MODEL REFLECTED BY THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIP OF THE TWO PROTAGONISTS | 第41-49页 |
| 1. The Dynamic Relationship Framed between Genders | 第41-44页 |
| 2. The Metaphor Directing towards Proulx’s Ambivalent Feminist Consciousness | 第44-49页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第49-51页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第51-53页 |
| 中文参考文献 | 第53-55页 |
| 作者简历 | 第55-59页 |
| 学位论文数据集 | 第59页 |
