| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第7-16页 |
| 1.1 Anita Brookner and Her Novel Hotel du Lac | 第7-9页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第9-14页 |
| 1.2.1 Research abroad | 第9-12页 |
| 1.2.2 Research in China | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Protagonist as the Awakened Woman Intellectual | 第16-27页 |
| 2.1 The Woman Intellectual Socially Displaced | 第16-20页 |
| 2.2 The Female Consciousness Reflected in the Woman Intellectual | 第20-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Resistance to Patriarchal Marriage | 第21-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Pursuit of Professional Career | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Unawakened Women in Confinement | 第27-38页 |
| 3.1 Hotel du Lac as a Symbolic Prison | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2 Women“Caged”by Conventional Gender Roles | 第29-38页 |
| 3.2.1 Jennifer: A Submissive Child-like Daughter | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2.2 Monica: A Deserted Infertile Wife | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.3 Mme de Bonneuil: An Aged Forgotten Mother | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2.4 Mrs. Pusey: An“Ideal Woman”in Modern Society | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 4 The Construction of the Female Consciousness in Discourse | 第38-48页 |
| 4.1 Female Perspective of the Protagonist | 第38-42页 |
| 4.2 The Duel Voices of the Narrator and the Female Protagonist | 第42-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Authorial Voice: Construction of Female Authority | 第43-45页 |
| 4.2.2 Figural Voice: Deconstruction of Male Authority | 第45-48页 |
| Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
