| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Margaret Drabble and Jerusalem the Golden | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Margaret Atwood and The Robber Bride | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-27页 |
| 2.1 Studies on Jerusalem the Golden at Home and Abroad | 第17-21页 |
| 2.2 Studies on The Robber Bride at Home and Abroad | 第21-24页 |
| 2.3 Ethical Literary Criticism | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three INTERPERSONAL ETHIC IN TWO WORKS | 第27-41页 |
| 3.1 Natural Emotion of Social Relation in Jerusalem the Golden | 第27-33页 |
| 3.1.1 Clara and Clelia: the intimate friendship | 第28-31页 |
| 3.1.2 Secrets and sadness in the “holy land” | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2 Moral Emotion of Social Relation in The Robber Bride | 第33-41页 |
| 3.2.1 Tony, Charis and Roz: the sisterhood | 第34-37页 |
| 3.2.2 Awakening and rebirth in “darkness” | 第37-41页 |
| Chapter Four FAMILY ETHIC IN TWO WORKS | 第41-58页 |
| 4.1 The Ethical Predicament of Parent-Child Relationship in Two Works | 第41-47页 |
| 4.1.1 Clara’s mother: deviation of mother’s identity | 第42-44页 |
| 4.1.2 Three protagonists’ father: absence of parental love | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2 The Ethical Predicament of Sexual Relationship in Two Works | 第47-52页 |
| 4.2.1 The abnormal affection between Clara and Gabriel | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2.2 Subversion of the marriage between wives and husbands | 第49-52页 |
| 4.3 The Ethical Taboo of Kinship in Two Works | 第52-58页 |
| 4.3.1 Uncontrolled incest relationship in Denham’s family | 第53-55页 |
| 4.3.2 Compelled incest relationship in Charis’s family | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter Five SURVIVAL ETHIC IN TWO WORKS | 第58-72页 |
| 5.1 Resistance or Obedience: Ethical Consciousness in Jerusalem the Golden | 第58-65页 |
| 5.1.1 Mrs. Maugham: lost under the oppression of ethical consciousness | 第59-61页 |
| 5.1.2 Clara: growth after gaining ethical consciousness | 第61-63页 |
| 5.1.3 The conflict between “new woman” and “old woman” | 第63-65页 |
| 5.2 Struggle and Repression: Ethical Identity in The Robber Bride | 第65-72页 |
| 5.2.1 Tony, Charis and Roz: the transformation in predicament | 第65-67页 |
| 5.2.2 Zenia: the indulgence in conspiracy | 第67-69页 |
| 5.2.3 The conflict between “goddess” and “syren” | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第72-75页 |
| WORK CITED | 第75-78页 |
