| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| Contents | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第13-20页 |
| 1.1 Literature Review of The Mother | 第13-18页 |
| 1.2 Approach and Structure of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第20-25页 |
| 2.1 Rhetoric of Fiction | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Rhetorical Narrative and Rhetorical Effects | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Macro-Rhetorical Techniques and Narrative Frame | 第25-40页 |
| 3.1 Linear Time Sequence--Along the Timeline of Family History | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2 Telling and Showing--A Textile of Peasants' Landscape and Life | 第28-32页 |
| 3.3 Shift of Viewpoint--Deep into Oriental Psychological World | 第32-37页 |
| 3.4 The Authorial Voice--Comments with L'intelligence de L'autre | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four Micro-Rhetorical Techniques and Women Images | 第40-54页 |
| 4.1 Application of Symbol | 第40-48页 |
| 4.1.1 The Mother, also the title--Women Images on Universal Sense | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Red wedding robe, red shroud, blue robe--Women Images of Hopeless Waiting | 第42-46页 |
| 4.1.3 God and goddess in the temple--Women Images with Spiritual Shackle | 第46-48页 |
| 4.2 The Art of Contrast | 第48-54页 |
| 4.2.1 Cousin's wife vs. Gossip widow--Women Images in Rumor Environment | 第49-51页 |
| 4.2.2 Blind daughter vs. Communist maid--Women Images in Need of Rebellion | 第51-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Works Cited and Consulted | 第56-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| Publications During the Postgraduate Program | 第62页 |
