| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Doris Lessing | 第9-10页 |
| ·An Introduction of the Summer before the Dark | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature Reviews | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Narrative Characteristics of this Work | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Freud's Psychoanalysis | 第15-26页 |
| ·Freud and Psychoanalysis | 第15-16页 |
| ·Id, Ego and Superego | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Dreams Theories | 第20-24页 |
| ·Symbolism | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Dreams and Desires of Freedom | 第26-38页 |
| ·Kate’s Different Identities | 第26-32页 |
| ·An Ideal Housewife | 第26-27页 |
| ·A Qualified Working Woman | 第27-28页 |
| ·A Passionate Lover of Jeffery | 第28-29页 |
| ·A Patient in the Hotel | 第29-31页 |
| ·A Close Friend of Maureen | 第31-32页 |
| ·Dreams and Realities | 第32-38页 |
| ·Eager Dreams andAnxious Dreams | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Seal, Embodiment of Kate | 第34-35页 |
| ·Symbolic Meanings in the Dreams | 第35-36页 |
| ·Dream Against Reality | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Kate's Contradictory Complex and Her Forced Return to the Conventional Self | 第38-47页 |
| ·A Balance of Her Family | 第38-42页 |
| ·Kate’s Conquest of Happiness in the Ideal Marriage | 第38-39页 |
| ·Her Son’s Rebellion Against Kate | 第39-40页 |
| ·Memories with Her Grandfather | 第40-42页 |
| ·A Quest of Her Own | 第42-47页 |
| ·Mary, the “id” of Kate | 第42-43页 |
| ·Maureen an Epitome of Kate | 第43-44页 |
| ·Realization of Herself | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
