| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| Introduction | 第10-24页 |
| 0.1 A Brief Account of Alice Munro's Life and Career | 第10-12页 |
| 0.2 Alice Munro's Criticisms | 第12-19页 |
| 0.2.1 Studies in China | 第12-16页 |
| 0.2.2 Studies in Other Countries | 第16-19页 |
| 0.3 Theoretic Basis of the Study and Framework of the Thesis | 第19-24页 |
| 0.3.1 Theories Adopted in the Thesis | 第19-22页 |
| 0.3.2 Framework of the Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter One Children's Awareness of Desire, Identity and Death | 第24-35页 |
| 1.1 Kent's Oedipus Complex | 第24-26页 |
| 1.2 The Initiation of Self-identity | 第26-31页 |
| 1.2.1 The Boy's Face with a Mark | 第27-30页 |
| 1.2.2 Nancy's Face Being Marked | 第30-31页 |
| 1.3 Marlene's Confrontation with Death | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Two Female Protagonists' Quests | 第35-44页 |
| 2.1 Women's Quest for Independence | 第36-39页 |
| 2.1.1 Mental Independence | 第36-38页 |
| 2.1.2 Material Independence | 第38-39页 |
| 2.2 Women's Quest for Stability | 第39-44页 |
| 2.2.1 Females' Search for Reliance | 第39-42页 |
| 2.2.2 Females' Subjection to Marital Violence | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Three Munro's Ways-out for Solving Characters' Problems | 第44-59页 |
| 3.1 The Way Out by Achieving Independence | 第44-48页 |
| 3.1.1 Attaining Semi-Independence | 第45-46页 |
| 3.1.2 Actualizing Total Independence | 第46-48页 |
| 3.2 Empowerment, Depowerment, and Repowerment | 第48-54页 |
| 3.2.1 The Stage of Empowerment | 第48-50页 |
| 3.2.2 The Stage of Depowerment and Repowerment | 第50-54页 |
| 3.3 The Way Out by Rebuilding the Identity | 第54-59页 |
| 3.3.1 The Stage of Self-Construction | 第54-55页 |
| 3.3.2 The Stage of Self-Transcendence | 第55-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| 作者简历 | 第64-66页 |
| 学位论文数据集 | 第66页 |
