| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| 1.1 Alice Munro and her short stories | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第13-17页 |
| 1.3 About the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| 2. Father Images: Initiator vs. Beacon | 第19-31页 |
| 2.1 Father as the initiator of the daughter's role as the Other | 第19-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Highlighting the daughter's femininity | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.2 Inducing the daughter's self-loss | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2 Father as the beacon for the awakening of daughter's female consciousness | 第25-31页 |
| 2.2.1 Stimulating the daughter's self-respect consciousness | 第26-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Endowing the daughter with the sense of equality | 第28-31页 |
| 3. Husband Images: Obstade vs. Catalyst | 第31-42页 |
| 3.1 Husband as the obstacle for female to pursue independence | 第31-37页 |
| 3.1.1 Impeding the wife's pursuit of trmancial independence | 第32-34页 |
| 3.1.2 Exhausting the wife's desire for spiritual independence | 第34-37页 |
| 3.2 Husband as the catalyst for female to conduct self-exploration | 第37-42页 |
| 3.2.1 Prompting the wife to achieve self-assertion | 第37-39页 |
| 3.2.2 Impelling the wife to accomplish self-transformation | 第39-42页 |
| 4. Male Friend Images: Patron and Enlightener | 第42-53页 |
| 4.1 Male friend as the patron for women's mind to freedom | 第42-47页 |
| 4.1.1 Provoking female to revolt against family roles | 第42-45页 |
| 4.1.2 Motivating female to realize self-liberation | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2 Male friend as the enlightener for female's self-realization | 第47-53页 |
| 4.2.1 Inspiring female to fulfill self-identification | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2.2 Strengthening female's will of self-pursuit | 第49-53页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-58页 |
