| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT IN CHINESE | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH | 第7-11页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One ESCAPISTS HAUNTED BY VICTIM MENTALIT | 第15-29页 |
| ·The Nameless Protagonist in Surfacing | 第15-22页 |
| ·The theme of Surfacing | 第15-17页 |
| ·Amnesia: escaping from the traumatic past | 第17-21页 |
| ·Victim mentality: the root of the amnesia | 第21-22页 |
| ·Iris in The Blind Assassin | 第22-29页 |
| ·The theme of The Blind Assassin | 第22-23页 |
| ·The blind submission in Iris | 第23-26页 |
| ·The internalization of patriarchal values | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Two CONFRONTING THE REALITY - WOMEN'S SELF-DISCOVERY THROUGH INTROSPECTION | 第29-39页 |
| ·Diving in Memory: the Nameless Protagonist's Self-discovery through Retrospection in Surfacing | 第30-34页 |
| ·Confrontation with the traumatic past | 第30-32页 |
| ·Epiphany after the discovery of her father's body | 第32-34页 |
| ·Descent Underground: Iris's Self-discovery in The Blind Assassin | 第34-39页 |
| ·The realization of the suppression of self in Iris | 第35-36页 |
| ·The awakening through descending underground | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three JAIL-BREAK AND SELF-RECONSTRUCTION | 第39-48页 |
| ·The Surfacer's Jail-break and Spiritual Metamorphosis in Surfacing | 第39-44页 |
| ·Freedom from the gaze | 第40-41页 |
| ·Acquisition of her own language | 第41-42页 |
| ·Changing the perception of the world and herself: a spiritual metamorphosis | 第42-44页 |
| ·Iris's Jail-break and Recreation in The Blind Assassin | 第44-48页 |
| ·Writing about her life experiences | 第44-46页 |
| ·Bearing testimony to Laura's life story | 第46-48页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第48-50页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第50-51页 |
