| Acknowledgement | 第1-23页 |
| Introduction | 第23-36页 |
| Ⅰ. A Review of Critical Study on Jolley | 第23-30页 |
| Ⅱ. A Semiological Approach | 第30-32页 |
| Ⅲ. Method of Application | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter One Margin and Center | 第36-74页 |
| Ⅰ. Dichotomous Conceptualization of the World | 第38-48页 |
| Ⅱ. Definition of Margin and Center | 第48-59页 |
| Ⅲ. Relationship between Margin and Center | 第59-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-74页 |
| Chapter Two Elizabeth Jolley and Sense of Margin—Central Mischief | 第74-108页 |
| Ⅰ. Claims of Being Marginal | 第76-88页 |
| Ⅱ. Self-discovery And Dual Division | 第88-98页 |
| Ⅲ. Marginal Representation in Jolley's Fiction | 第98-104页 |
| Conclusion | 第104-108页 |
| Chapter Three Silence in the Shadow of Power—Mr. Scobie's Riddle | 第108-140页 |
| Ⅰ. Silence As Instrument of Insensibility | 第113-123页 |
| Ⅱ. Silence in the Generation Gap | 第123-129页 |
| Ⅲ. Silence in the Form of Power | 第129-136页 |
| Conclusion | 第136-140页 |
| Chapter Four Myths of Margin and Codes of Powerlessness—Milk and Honey | 第140-181页 |
| Ⅰ. Myths of Ideal and Instrument of Power | 第145-159页 |
| Ⅱ. Myths of Margin and Mystery as the Other | 第159-169页 |
| Ⅲ. Codes of Powerlessness and Opposites to Myth Conclusion | 第169-181页 |
| Chapter Five Demystification of the myths—Palomino | 第181-219页 |
| Ⅰ. Lesbian—A Shunned Existence | 第184-194页 |
| Ⅱ. Sexuality as Dynamic—Demystification of Heterosexuality | 第194-207页 |
| Ⅲ. Sexual Equality—From Lesbian Visibility to Corporeal Subjectivity Conclusion | 第207-219页 |
| Chapter Six Changing perspectives on margin—An Innocent Gentleman | 第219-252页 |
| Ⅰ. Marginalized Personality | 第222-232页 |
| Ⅱ. Deminished Personality | 第232-240页 |
| Ⅲ. Live-and-let-live Personality Conclusion | 第240-252页 |
| Chapter Seven A New Perspective between Margin and Center—The Orchard Thieves | 第252-288页 |
| Ⅰ. Reconsidering the Two Dimensions—Margin and Center | 第256-267页 |
| Ⅱ. Transcending the Two Layers—Individual and Societal | 第267-276页 |
| Ⅲ. Breaking through the Dichotomy—Integration-in-Diversity Conclusion | 第276-288页 |
| Conclusion Boundary Blurred—Concurrent Cosmos | 第288-298页 |
| Publications | 第298-299页 |
| Bibliography | 第299-319页 |
