| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One: INTRODUCTION | 第11-17页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| ·Feminist Criticism on Wharton and Her Novels | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter Two: Feminist Influence on Edith Wharton | 第17-24页 |
| ·Female Employment and Oppression in the Upper-class | 第17-19页 |
| ·Influential Feminist Thoughts | 第19-24页 |
| ·Oppression from the Perspective of Patriarchal Society | 第20-21页 |
| ·Sexual Discrimination in Traditional Religion | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Three: Dilemmas of Protagonists from Feminist Perspective | 第24-42页 |
| ·Newland Archer—Oppressor and Oppressed | 第24-31页 |
| ·Newland Archer—Upholder of Patriarchal Society | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Victim in Patriarchal Society | 第25-31页 |
| ·May—Victim in Feminist Perspective | 第31-35页 |
| ·Woman in Silence | 第31-33页 |
| ·Woman in Confinement | 第33-35页 |
| ·A Dauntless Warrior | 第35-42页 |
| ·An Outcast in Patriarchal Society | 第35-39页 |
| ·Fight with Courage | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Four: A Way out - the Solution | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Five: CONCLUSION | 第45-47页 |
| NOTES | 第47-50页 |
| References | 第50-51页 |
