| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·The origin of the study | 第11页 |
| ·The introduction to the author's literary position | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature review | 第13-16页 |
| ·Objectives and significance of the study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research methodology of the thesis | 第17-20页 |
| ·The social origin of gothic novel | 第18页 |
| ·The development of female gothic tradition | 第18-20页 |
| ·Structure to the thesis | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Continuation of Female Gothic Novel in Wide Sargasso Sea | 第21-30页 |
| ·The embodiment of feminism in Wide Sargasso Sea | 第21-23页 |
| ·Embodiment of feminism in Antoinette | 第21-23页 |
| ·Embodiment of feminism in Christophe | 第23页 |
| ·The application of gothic elements | 第23-26页 |
| ·Gothic "home" | 第24-25页 |
| ·Gothic settings | 第25-26页 |
| ·Description of sense of fear | 第26-30页 |
| ·Fear from the description of moth image | 第27-28页 |
| ·Fear from the nightmare | 第28-29页 |
| ·Fear from the mysterious might | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter 3 The Development of Female Gothic in Wide Sargasso Sea | 第30-41页 |
| ·The development of narrative forms | 第30-32页 |
| ·The development of male images | 第32-39页 |
| ·The development of Rochester | 第32-36页 |
| ·The development of Mason | 第36-39页 |
| ·The development of happy ending | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第41-45页 |
| Works Cited | 第45-48页 |
| Publications | 第48页 |
