| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| Chapter 1 The Female Subversion of the Patriarchal Discourse in Narration | 第20-39页 |
| ·The Woman’s Voice Smothered: The Male Narrator’s Loss of Authority | 第21-30页 |
| ·The Woman’s Voice Heard: The Female Author’s Gain of Power | 第30-39页 |
| Chapter 2 The Dichotomy of Female and Male Bildungsromane | 第39-52页 |
| ·The Woman’s Voice Suppressed: The Interwoven Growth of Maggie and Tom | 第41-46页 |
| ·The Woman’s Voice Expressed: Maggie’s Mimesis of Tom’s Development | 第46-52页 |
| Chapter 3: The Woman’s Voice in Characterization | 第52-68页 |
| ·Maggie: The Woman’s Voice in Story-Telling | 第52-57页 |
| ·Dodson Sisters: The Woman’s Voice in Funereal Allusions | 第57-62页 |
| ·Phillip: The Woman’s Voice in Feminization of a Male Character | 第62-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-76页 |
