| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Introduction | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Portrait of the Wife | 第9-22页 |
| Ⅰ． Portrait of the Wife | 第9-18页 |
| Ⅱ． The Inconsistencies in the Character of the Wife of Bath | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Overview of the Late Middle Ages: the Age of Variety | 第22-44页 |
| Ⅰ． Outline of the Late Medieval Society | 第22-29页 |
| Ⅱ． Changes in Gender Hierarchy | 第29-35页 |
| Ⅲ． Diversity in Language and Literature | 第35-38页 |
| Ⅳ． The Wife of Bath in Late Middle Ages | 第38-44页 |
| ChapterⅢ Chaucer: the Author | 第44-52页 |
| Ⅰ． Chaucer: Life Experiences and Characteristics | 第44-48页 |
| Ⅱ． Diversity of Chaucer's Works: The Canterbury Tales | 第48-50页 |
| Ⅲ． Chaucer's Wife of Bath | 第50-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| References | 第55-57页 |
