| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·The Purpose and the Plan of This Thesis | 第10-13页 |
| ·Life and Literary Career of Henry James | 第13-19页 |
| Chapter 2 On The Portrait of A Lady | 第19-32页 |
| ·Social Reality of Isabel Archer's Time | 第19-22页 |
| ·Isabel Archer: An Emersonian Idealist | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Psychological Portrait of Isabel Archer in Focalization | 第25-32页 |
| Chapter 3 On the Internal Focalization in The Portrait of A Lady | 第32-50页 |
| ·Fixed Internal Focalization in a Broader Sense | 第33-38页 |
| ·Variable Internal Focalization | 第38-50页 |
| ·Ralph Touchett's Focalization | 第40-44页 |
| ·Henrietta Stackpole's Focalization | 第44-45页 |
| ·Mrs. Touchett's Focalization | 第45-47页 |
| ·Edward Rosier's Focalization | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Isabel Archer's Psychological World in Focalization | 第50-77页 |
| ·Isabel's View of Freedom before Marriage | 第50-64页 |
| ·Independence and the Integrity of Self | 第51-56页 |
| ·Negative Freedom before the Bequest | 第56-59页 |
| ·Positive Freedom after the Bequest | 第59-64页 |
| ·Isabel's Reflection on the Tragic Realities of Her Marriage | 第64-71页 |
| ·The Incompatibility of Her Marriage and Her Freedom | 第64-66页 |
| ·The Tragic Personal Relationship between Osmond and Isabel | 第66-69页 |
| ·The Cause of Her Tragic Marriage | 第69-71页 |
| ·Isabel's Conscious Acceptance of Her Life | 第71-77页 |
| ·Suffering—A Part of Life | 第71-74页 |
| ·Marriage—The Sacred Act | 第74-77页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第77-80页 |
| Works Cited | 第80-82页 |