| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Patrick White and A Fringe of Leaves | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 The Significance and Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-21页 |
| 2.1 Studies on A Fringe of Leaves at Home | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Studies on A Fringe of Leaves Abroad | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第21-26页 |
| 3.1 The Definition of Feminism | 第21-22页 |
| 3.2 The Development of Feminism | 第22-24页 |
| 3.3 Feminism and Identity | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Four ELLEN’S PURSUIT OF UPPER CLASS IDENTITY IN BRITAIN | 第26-43页 |
| 4.1 Ellen’s Identity Crisis as an Innocent Country Girl | 第26-31页 |
| 4.1.1 Her father’s domestic oppression | 第27-29页 |
| 4.1.2 Taking marriage as a way out | 第29-31页 |
| 4.2 Efforts to Adapt to the Upper-class Society | 第31-35页 |
| 4.2.1 Obedience to her husband | 第31-33页 |
| 4.2.2 Voiceless in upper class society | 第33-35页 |
| 4.3 Successful Fulfillment of Transformation | 第35-43页 |
| 4.3.1 Success in entering the mainstream society | 第35-40页 |
| 4.3.2 Pursuit of physical liberation | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3.3 Ellen’s pursuit of gender identity | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five ELLEN’S ACQUISITION OF ACCEPTANCE IN ABORIGINAL SOCIETY | 第43-62页 |
| 5.1 Ellen’s Identity Crisis as an Outsider | 第43-50页 |
| 5.1.1 Females’ subordination in Aboriginal society | 第44-47页 |
| 5.1.2 Ellen’s affliction in Aboriginal society | 第47-50页 |
| 5.2 Gradual Acclimatization to Aboriginal Life | 第50-56页 |
| 5.2.1 For basic need—survival | 第51-53页 |
| 5.2.2 Successful integration into Aboriginal society | 第53-56页 |
| 5.3 The Pursuit of Identity | 第56-62页 |
| 5.3.1 The pursuit of gender identity | 第57-59页 |
| 5.3.2 The perseverance of British cultural identity | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Six ELLEN’S SUCCESS IN BUILDING HER IDENTIFICATION | 第62-72页 |
| 6.1 Ellen’s Identity Crisis as an Independent Female | 第62-68页 |
| 6.1.1 Eagerness to live an ordinary life | 第63-66页 |
| 6.1.2 Nostalgia for Aboriginal life | 第66-68页 |
| 6.2 Gaining What She Wants | 第68-72页 |
| 6.2.1 A loving pursuer | 第68-70页 |
| 6.2.2 Successful realization of identity construction | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter Seven CONCLUSION | 第72-74页 |
| REFERENCES | 第74-75页 |
