| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the writer's literary achievements and the works | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature review | 第12-16页 |
| ·Study on Elizabeth Jolley in Australia | 第12-15页 |
| ·Study on Elizabeth Jolley in China | 第15-16页 |
| ·Originality and significance of the study | 第16-17页 |
| ·An overview of chapters | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Gender Performativity and Queer Theory | 第19-28页 |
| ·Gender Performativity | 第19-23页 |
| ·Queer Theory | 第23-28页 |
| Chapter Three Lesbian Heroines in Jolley's Novels | 第28-41页 |
| ·Self-redemption through love | 第29-32页 |
| ·Mental growth through imagination | 第32-35页 |
| ·Chains of memory | 第35-38页 |
| ·Jolley's Attitude towards Lesbianism | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Four Factors Causing Jolley's Contradictory Attitude | 第41-48页 |
| ·Factors of Elizabeth Jolley's family and marriage | 第41-43页 |
| ·Factors of religion and laws | 第43-48页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Works Cited | 第50-52页 |
| Publications | 第52页 |
