| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第13-21页 |
| 1.1 Walt Whitman and His Leaves of Grass | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2 Rabindranath Tagore and His Gitanjali | 第17-21页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第21-27页 |
| 2.1 Studies on Whitman and His Poems | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2 Studies on Tagore and His Poems | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3 The Purpose and Value of This Study | 第25-27页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THEORATICAL FRAMEWORK | 第27-31页 |
| 3.1 Image Study throughout History | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2 Related Concepts in Image Study | 第29-31页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ FEMALE IMAGE STUDY AND COMPARISON | 第31-57页 |
| 4.1 Image Imitation—Sculpture Art of Poetry | 第31-45页 |
| 4.1.1 Female Images in Marriage—Equal with Male | 第32-37页 |
| 4.1.2 Mother’s Image Comparison | 第37-45页 |
| 4.2 The Ambiguity of Images | 第45-50页 |
| 4.2.1 The Ambiguity of Character’s Identity | 第45-49页 |
| 4.2.2 The Ambiguity of Time and Space | 第49-50页 |
| 4.3 Imagery Study in Leaves of Grass and Gitanjali | 第50-57页 |
| 4.3.1 Grass and Flower Images’ Foiling Effect on Female Image | 第51-54页 |
| 4.3.2 Other Images’ Foiling Effect on Female Image | 第54-57页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ WHITMAN AND TAGORE’S APPRECIATION TO WOMEN | 第57-65页 |
| 5.1 The Appreciation of Women’s Natural Beauty | 第57-60页 |
| 5.1.1 Whitman’s Appreciation of Natural and Healthy Female | 第57-59页 |
| 5.1.2 Tagore’s Appreciation of Female’s Natural State | 第59-60页 |
| 5.2 New Women, New Spirit and New Life | 第60-65页 |
| 5.2.1 Whitman’s Hymn for New Women | 第61-62页 |
| 5.2.2 Tagore’s Hymn for New Women | 第62-65页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅵ CONCLUSION | 第65-67页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第67-69页 |
