| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| I Amy Tan and The Joy Luck Club | 第10-13页 |
| II Literature Review on The Joy Luck Club | 第13-15页 |
| III Research Objectives and Significance | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter One Classifications and Functions of Silence | 第17-27页 |
| ·Articulate and Positive Silence | 第19-22页 |
| ·Pernicious and Negative Silence | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter Two Silenced as Ethnic Other | 第27-40页 |
| ·An Introduction to Post-colonialism | 第27-30页 |
| ·Silenced by Racism | 第30-35页 |
| ·Silenced by Cultural Differences | 第35-40页 |
| Chapter Three Silenced as Gender Other | 第40-53页 |
| ·An Introduction to Feminism | 第40-43页 |
| ·Silenced by Chinese Traditional Patriarchal Culture | 第43-48页 |
| ·Silenced by American Patriarchal Culture | 第48-53页 |
| Chapter Four Narrative Strategies for Breaking the Silence | 第53-66页 |
| ·Story-telling | 第54-59页 |
| ·Reconstructing Female Subjectivity | 第59-62页 |
| ·Righting Stereotypes | 第62-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
| Publications | 第73页 |
