| Abstract (in English) | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第6-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| Chapter One Women: the Caged Birds | 第17-28页 |
| 1.1 Patriarchal Cage and Its Birds | 第17-19页 |
| 1.2 Caged Birds in The Awakening | 第19-28页 |
| Chapter Two The Awakened and Satisfied Birds | 第28-71页 |
| 2.1 The Awakened Birds: Edna Pontellier, Mademoiselle Reisz | 第28-56页 |
| 2.1.1 Edna: Awakened New Woman | 第28-50页 |
| 2.1.2 Mademoiselle Reisz: Professional Single Artist | 第50-56页 |
| 2.2 The Satisfied Birds: Adele Ratignolle, Madame Lebrun | 第56-71页 |
| 2.2.1 Adele: Mother Woman and Domestic Angel | 第56-65页 |
| 2.2.2 Madame Lebrun: Economic Independence and Cultural Dependence | 第65-71页 |
| Chapter Three The Fight between the Birds and the Cage | 第71-83页 |
| 3.1 The fight against Being Caged | 第71-76页 |
| 3.2 Death and Death——Consequences of the Fight between the Birds and the Cage | 第76-83页 |
| Conclusion | 第83-86页 |
| Works Cited | 第86-89页 |
