| Contents | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第6-9页 |
| Abstract (in English) | 第9-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| Chapter One Brett Ashley: Finding Herself in a Disorientating World | 第18-27页 |
| ·Social Context | 第18-23页 |
| ·Influences of World War One on America | 第18-20页 |
| ·Changes of Women's Roles in the 1920s'Society | 第20-23页 |
| ·Brett Ashley: a New Woman | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Two Brett Ashley's Hopeless Search of Love | 第27-56页 |
| ·Gender-role Reversal | 第27-36页 |
| ·Femininity in the Men Around Brett Ashley | 第28-33页 |
| ·Masculinity in Brett Ashley | 第33-36页 |
| ·Brett Ashley's Never-to-be Fulfilled Expectations of Men | 第36-56页 |
| ·Unconditional but Impotent Love Found in Jake Barnes | 第38-44页 |
| ·Juvenile Romantic Love Encountered in Robert Cohn | 第44-46页 |
| ·Principled Love Gained in Pedro Romero | 第46-50页 |
| ·Insecure Love Found in Mike Campbell | 第50-56页 |
| Chapter Three Brett Ashley's Quest for Self-identity | 第56-64页 |
| ·Traditional Morals Hard to Desert | 第57-59页 |
| ·Brett Ashley: Hesitating at the Crossroads | 第59-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-69页 |
| Notes | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-73页 |
| Publications | 第73页 |
