| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter ⅠIntroduction | 第10-27页 |
| ·Women in Hardy's Life and Their Influence upon His Writing | 第16-19页 |
| ·British Women in the Nineteenth Century | 第19-22页 |
| ·Images of Women in the Novels of the Nineteenth Century | 第22-23页 |
| ·Literary Market in Nineteenth Century in Britain | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Feminist Criticism and Hardy | 第27-36页 |
| ·Feminist Movement in Britain | 第27-31页 |
| ·Feminist Criticism and Hardy's Works | 第31-36页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Female Characters as Portrayed by Hardy | 第36-63页 |
| ·Bathsheba Everdene:An Object of Male Gaze | 第36-43页 |
| ·Eustacia Vye:A Masked Prisoner on Egdon Heath | 第43-50页 |
| ·Tess Durbeyfield: An Angel with Broken Wings | 第50-56页 |
| ·Sue Bridehead: A Bachelor Girl | 第56-63页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Female Characters' Revolt and Ruin | 第63-77页 |
| ·Conforming to Conventions: an Intensification of Phallocentrism | 第63-69页 |
| ·Revolt: Re-marginalization and Ruin | 第69-77页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ The Pattern: Product of Dominant Discourse | 第77-94页 |
| ·Victorian Angelogy | 第77-82页 |
| ·Hardy: A Male Writer with His Gender Construct | 第82-86页 |
| ·Hardy: A Misogynist? | 第86-94页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第94-101页 |
| Bibliography | 第101-106页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第106-107页 |