| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第10-17页 |
| 1.1 Sinclair Lewis and His Literary Creation | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 Main Street | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 The Structure of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-25页 |
| 2.1 Studies Abroad | 第17-21页 |
| 2.2 Studies at Home | 第21-25页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第25-31页 |
| 3.1 Introduction to Feminism | 第25-27页 |
| 3.2 Introduction to Beauvoir’s The Second Sex | 第27-31页 |
| CHAPTER IV A FEMINIST STUDY OF THE ESCAPE THEME IN MAIN STREET | 第31-57页 |
| 4.1 The Escape Theme in American Historical Culture and Literature | 第32-35页 |
| 4.2 Carol’s Escape from Her Community | 第35-45页 |
| 4.2.1 Carol’s Dissatisfaction with the Patriarchal Oppression in Gopher Prairie | 第36-38页 |
| 4.2.2 Carol’s Hatred of the Environment and People in Prairie Village | 第38-42页 |
| 4.2.3 Carol’s Failure in Her Village-improvement Reforming in Gopher Prairie | 第42-45页 |
| 4.3 Carol’s Escape from Her Family | 第45-54页 |
| 4.3.1 Comparison between Carol and Some Traditional Housewives in MainStreet | 第46-49页 |
| 4.3.2 Carol’s Rebellion to Be A Traditional Wife | 第49-52页 |
| 4.3.3 Carol’s Unwillingness to Be An Ordinary Mother | 第52-54页 |
| 4.4 Carol’s Escape from Herself | 第54-57页 |
| CHAPTER V CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第59-62页 |
