| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| 1.1 Carson McCullers and Her Major Works | 第11-15页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| 1.3 Aims and Layout of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| 2. Grotesque Female Bodies | 第21-33页 |
| 2.1 Gender Disorientation of the Adolescent Tomboys | 第21-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Disorient behaviors and thoughts of the adolescent tomboys | 第22-24页 |
| 2.1.2 Oppressed feeling of the adolescent tomboys | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2 Tomboys' Unsuccessful Attempt of Returning to Ideal Womanhood | 第26-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Unsuccessful return to woman's clothing | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Horrible sexual experience and femininity | 第28-30页 |
| 2.3 Dynamics of Gender Indeterminacy and Unfinishedness | 第30-33页 |
| 3. Grotesque Male Bodies | 第33-43页 |
| 3.1 Grotesque Bodies' Aversion to Womanliness and Flight from Woman | 第33-37页 |
| 3.1.1 Aversion to womanliness | 第33-35页 |
| 3.1.2 Flight from woman | 第35-37页 |
| 3.2 Male Bodies' Feminization | 第37-41页 |
| 3.2.1 Male's narcissism | 第37-39页 |
| 3.2.2 Male's deliberate display of the virile body | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3 Grotesque Pleasures of the Male Homosexuality | 第41-43页 |
| 4. Gender Suspension | 第43-54页 |
| 4.1 Techniques of Gender Suspension | 第43-48页 |
| 4.1.1 Cross-dressing and transvestism | 第43-45页 |
| 4.1.2 Self-conscious mimicry of one's own gender | 第45-48页 |
| 4.2 Positive Function of Gender Suspension | 第48-52页 |
| 4.2.1 To present oneself and be assertive | 第48-50页 |
| 4.2.2 To achieve wholeness and true self | 第50-52页 |
| 4.3 Enlightenment of Gender Suspension | 第52-54页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-60页 |
