| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第1-16页 |
| ·Brief introduction of the whole thesis | 第10-11页 |
| ·Brief introduction of Handmaid's Tale, Bodily Harm and The Edible Woman | 第11-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO BACKGROUND | 第16-19页 |
| ·Margaret Atwood's life | 第16-17页 |
| ·Her important place and her works in modern literature | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEMES OF ATWOOD'S WORK | 第19-25页 |
| ·Historical and social situation of the time that Atwood lives | 第19-20页 |
| ·Themes of her work | 第20-25页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR FEMALE'S SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS | 第25-35页 |
| ·The female submissiveness in Handmaid's Tale | 第25-26页 |
| ·The female submissiveness in Bodily Harm | 第26-27页 |
| ·The reaction to the oppression in Handmaid's Tale and Bodily Harm | 第27-29页 |
| ·Female's self-consciousness | 第29-33页 |
| ·Chapter summary | 第33-35页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE FEMALE'S SELF-RELIAZTION | 第35-45页 |
| ·Descent into the underground-the way of the female's self-realization | 第35-36页 |
| ·Marian in The Edible Woman | 第36-40页 |
| ·Offred in The Handmaid's Tale | 第40-41页 |
| ·Rennie in Bodily Harm | 第41-43页 |
| ·Chapter summary | 第43-45页 |
| CHAPTER SIX FEMALE'S SELF-SELECTION | 第45-54页 |
| ·Self-selection--the way out for female's awakening | 第45-46页 |
| ·Living Mode One-seeking tradition | 第46-49页 |
| ·Living Mode Two-d'avant-garde full of hardships and difficulties | 第49-50页 |
| ·Living Mode Three-break through and come back to self | 第50-52页 |
| ·Chapter summary | 第52-54页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第54-58页 |
| ENDNOTES | 第58-60页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第60-63页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第63页 |
