| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter One Anne Tyler's Feminist Viewpoints | 第15-29页 |
| Ⅰ. The Similarities between Tyler and Other Traditional Feminist Writers | 第16-23页 |
| Ⅱ. Anne Tyler's Postfeminist Viewpoints | 第23-29页 |
| Chapter Two Anne Tyler's Traditional Feminist Views in This Novel | 第29-45页 |
| Ⅰ. Family Bond | 第29-33页 |
| Ⅱ. Suppressed Self | 第33-39页 |
| Ⅲ. Quest for Self | 第39-45页 |
| Chapter Three Anne Tyler's Postfeminist Views in This Novel | 第45-58页 |
| Ⅰ. Woman's Domestic Sphere | 第46-50页 |
| Ⅱ. Male and Female Relationship | 第50-53页 |
| Ⅲ. Family Reunion | 第53-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| Works Cited | 第61-64页 |
| Acknowlegements | 第64-65页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第65页 |
