| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·James Cain and The Hard-boiled School | 第11-14页 |
| ·Literary Reviews of Mildred Pierce and Other James Cain's Works | 第14-19页 |
| ·Overseas Literary Reviews | 第14-18页 |
| ·Newspapers, TV and Magazines' Reviews | 第14-15页 |
| ·Academic Studies on The Hard-boiled and Character Analysis | 第15-17页 |
| ·Other Academic Studies on Biography And Naturalism | 第17-18页 |
| ·Literary Reviews in China | 第18-19页 |
| ·An Introduction to the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| 1. Lacan's Psychoanalysis of Self-construction | 第21-25页 |
| ·The Theory of Self-construction | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Three Orders | 第21-22页 |
| ·Identification with the Other | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Phallus Center | 第23-25页 |
| 2. Mildred Pierce's Reasons of Searching Self | 第25-32页 |
| ·Social Reasons:The Great Depression (1930s-late 1940s) | 第25-27页 |
| ·Mildred's Unfulfilled Family Life | 第27-32页 |
| ·Her Breaking with the Husband | 第27-29页 |
| ·Her Ungraceful Daughter Veda | 第29-32页 |
| 3. Mildred's Identification with the Other | 第32-43页 |
| ·Identification with the Greedy Wally and Mrs. Gessler | 第32-34页 |
| ·Sisterhood with the Restaurant's Waitress | 第34-35页 |
| ·Identification with the Vain Veda | 第35-39页 |
| ·Veda as the Phallus Center:the Rainbow | 第35-37页 |
| ·From Kitchen to Restaurant:Self-construction | 第37-39页 |
| ·Mildred's Unusual Personality | 第39-43页 |
| ·Her Toughness as a Single Mother | 第39-40页 |
| ·Mildred's Double Side of Pride and Vanity | 第40-43页 |
| 4. The Outcome of Mildred's Self-building | 第43-48页 |
| ·Restaurants'Bankruptcy:the Disillusionment of American Dream | 第43-44页 |
| ·Ray's Death and Veda's Betrayal:Guilt and Loss | 第44-48页 |
| Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| 学位论文数据集 | 第54页 |
