| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to Two Writers and Their Works | 第12-15页 |
| 1.2 The Structure of This Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-25页 |
| 2.1 Studies on the Two Novels at Home and Abroad | 第17-21页 |
| 2.2 Third World Feminism | 第21-24页 |
| 2.3 The Significance of This Thesis | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Three DIFFERENT DESTINIES OF WOMEN IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS | 第25-39页 |
| 3.1 Women's Nightmarish Lives in Different Geographical Locations | 第25-32页 |
| 3.1.1 Black women suffering racism and sexism in West Florida | 第25-29页 |
| 3.1.2 Women enduring sexism and classism in rural Afghanistan | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2 Women's Ideal Lives in Different Geographical Locations | 第32-39页 |
| 3.2.1 Black women immersing themselves in love in pristine Everglades | 第32-35页 |
| 3.2.2 Afghan women enjoying autonomy and dignity in modern Kabul | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Four WOMEN DIFFERENTLY DESTINED WITH RELIGIOUS POWERS | 第39-52页 |
| 4.1 Self-fulfillment Initiated by Nature in Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第39-45页 |
| 4.1.1 Nature worship in voodoo | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Nature facilitating black women's self-fulfillment | 第42-45页 |
| 4.2 Autonomy Suppressed with Burqa in A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第45-52页 |
| 4.2.1 Burqa typical of Islamic women's garment | 第46-49页 |
| 4.2.2 Afghan women confined within burqa | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Five DIFFERENT JUDGMENTS FOR WOMEN SUSPECTS OF KILLING UNDER DIFFERNT JUDICIAL SYSTEMS | 第52-65页 |
| 5.1 Destined Liberation under White Judicial System in Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第52-59页 |
| 5.1.1 Fairness within white judicial system | 第53-55页 |
| 5.1.2 A judgment of innocence in Janie's case | 第55-59页 |
| 5.2 Doomed Death under Taliban Judicial System in A Thousand Splendid Suns | 第59-65页 |
| 5.2.1 Gender discrimination within Taliban judicial system | 第59-61页 |
| 5.2.2 A death sentence in Mariam's case | 第61-65页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第65-67页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第67-70页 |
