| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| ·Amy Tan and The Joy Luck Club | 第9-12页 |
| ·Critical Review and the Significance of the Study | 第12-18页 |
| ·The Critical Reviews abroad | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Domestic Critical Reviews | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter One：The Joy Luck Club as An Initiation Story | 第18-25页 |
| ·The Development and Definition of Initiation Story | 第18-21页 |
| ·General Characteristics of American Initiation Story | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Joy Luck Club as an Initiation Story | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Two：Puzzlement of the Heroines | 第25-38页 |
| ·Puzzlement in the Conflicts between Mothers and Daughters | 第25-31页 |
| ·Puzzlement in the Conflicts between Daughters and Their Husbands | 第31-33页 |
| ·Disharmony in the Conflicts between Chinese and American Culture | 第33-38页 |
| ·Differentia between the mothers and the daughters | 第34-36页 |
| ·Differentia between the daughters and the husbands | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three: Initiation Guides and New Self-identity | 第38-49页 |
| ·Mothers as Initiation Guides | 第38-45页 |
| ·New Self-identity | 第45-47页 |
| ·Amy Tan’s Harmonious Ethical View | 第47-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54-55页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间公开发表的论文 | 第55页 |
