| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-14页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1 Doris Lessing and Her Literary Creation | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2 The Diaries of Jane Somers and Structure of the Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-26页 |
| 2.1 Studies Abroad | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Studies at Home | 第23-26页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第26-32页 |
| 3.1 Feminism | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2 Anti-Patriarchy | 第28-30页 |
| 3.3 Female Subjectivity | 第30-32页 |
| CHAPTER IV A PROBLEMATIC WOMANHOOD DEFINED IN THE DIARIESOF JANE SOMERS | 第32-46页 |
| 4.1 Disharmonious Mother-Child Relationship | 第32-37页 |
| 4.1.1 Jane’s Negligence of Her Mother | 第32-35页 |
| 4.1.2 Other Irresponsible Mothers | 第35-37页 |
| 4.2 Disharmonious Woman-Man Relationship | 第37-46页 |
| 4.2.1 Jane’s Indifference Toward Her Husband | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2.2 Workaholic Sylvia | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2.3 The Hysteric Anti-male Sisters | 第43-46页 |
| CHAPTER V AN IDEAL WOMANHOOD PROPOSED IN THE DIARIES OF JANESOMERS | 第46-60页 |
| 5.1 Harmonious Mother-Daughter Relationship | 第46-54页 |
| 5.1.1 Jane’s Caring of Her Surrogate Mother | 第46-51页 |
| 5.1.2 Jane’s Playing the Role of Her Nieces’ Surrogate Mother | 第51-54页 |
| 5.2 Harmonious Woman-Man Relationship | 第54-60页 |
| 5.2.1 Jane’s Love of Richard | 第54-57页 |
| 5.2.2 Phyllis’s Love of Her Husband | 第57-60页 |
| CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION | 第60-62页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第62-65页 |
