| 内容提要 | 第4-5页 |
| Synopsis | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-16页 |
| Introduction | 第16-22页 |
| Chapter One The Related Theories of Initiation Story | 第22-33页 |
| 1.1 The Definition and Development of Initiation Story | 第22-26页 |
| 1.2 Features of Initiation Story | 第26-30页 |
| 1.2.1 The Characters of Initiation Story | 第26-27页 |
| 1.2.2 The Classic Plot Pattern of Initiation Story | 第27-28页 |
| 1.2.3 The Narrative Mode of Initiation Story | 第28-29页 |
| 1.2.4 The Content of Initiation Story | 第29-30页 |
| 1.3 Female Initiation Story | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Two The Characters of Hotel du Lac as A Female Initiation Story | 第33-52页 |
| 2.1 Initiation Protagonist: Edith Hope | 第33-38页 |
| 2.2 Initiation Guides | 第38-48页 |
| 2.2.1 Penelope Milne — The Positive Guide From the Start of the Journey | 第39-41页 |
| 2.2.2 Mrs. Pusey and Jennifer Pusey—The Negative Guides on the Journey | 第41-44页 |
| 2.2.3 Philip Neville— The Negative Guide Illuminating the Journey | 第44-48页 |
| 2.3 Initiation Companions: Monica | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Three TheStructure of Hotel du Lac as A Female Initiation Story | 第52-61页 |
| 3.1 Basic Plot Pattern | 第52-55页 |
| 3.1.1 The Start of Journey | 第52页 |
| 3.1.2 Experience of Wandering | 第52-53页 |
| 3.1.3 Ordeal of Love and Confusion of Marriage | 第53-54页 |
| 3.1.4 Epiphany | 第54-55页 |
| 3.2 The Internal Focalization Narrative Mode | 第55-61页 |
| 3.2.1 The Spatial and Temporal Plane | 第57-58页 |
| 3.2.2 The Psychological Plane | 第58-59页 |
| 3.2.3 The Ideological Plane | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Four The Uniqueness of Hotel du Lac as A Female Initiation Story | 第61-69页 |
| 4.1 Edith Hope as a Working Intellectual Woman | 第61-64页 |
| 4.2 Edith Hope as a Middle-Aged Protagonist | 第64-65页 |
| 4.3 An Open-ending | 第65-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| Works Cited | 第72-75页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第75-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76页 |
