| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第10-15页 |
| 1.1 Sarah Orne Jewett's Life and Her Works | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Introduction to The Country of the Pointed Firs | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 The Purpose and Structure of this Study | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-22页 |
| 2.1 Studies Abroad | 第15-19页 |
| 2.2 Studies at Home | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第22-29页 |
| 3.1 A Brief Introduction of Feminist Narratology | 第22-25页 |
| 3.2 Narrative Structure and Narrative Voice | 第25-29页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ INTERRUPTED LINEAR STRUCTURE | 第29-41页 |
| 4.1 Linear Structure as the Longitude Line Weaving the Narrator's Growth | 第29-33页 |
| 4.2 Interruptions as the Latitude Line Creating the Unique Pattern | 第33-41页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ CIRCULAR NARRATIVE STRUCTURE | 第41-50页 |
| 5.1 The Reappearance of Images as a Strengthening of Female Qualities | 第41-44页 |
| 5.2 The Reappearance of Innovative Plot as the Cohesion of Female Consciousness | 第44-50页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅵ NETWORK NARRATIVE STRUCTURE | 第50-57页 |
| 6.1 Female Network: Mrs. Todd Being the Center of "Circle of Friends" | 第50-53页 |
| 6.2 Male Network: Holding Together Solitary Males | 第53-57页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅶ CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第59-64页 |
