| Acknowledgments | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| 1.1 Barbara Pym's life and work:a brief look | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 An overview of the literary representation of old women in English literature:past and present | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the paper | 第16-18页 |
| 2. Women in the Wilderness:Encountering Feminism, Old Women and the Body | 第18-29页 |
| 2.1 The invisible old women and the dangerously biased third-wave feminism | 第18-24页 |
| 2.2 Rediscovering the body:A possible solution for the predicament of old women | 第24-29页 |
| 3. Body as the site of identification:Two Stereotypes of Old Women's Identities | 第29-38页 |
| 3.1 Reformulating the feminine body:Marcia Ivory's attempt at the reconstruction of the female identity under the patriarchal gaze | 第29-33页 |
| 3.2 Dressing the discursive body:Marcia's identity as a mad woman | 第33-38页 |
| 4. Politicizing the Body:Destabilizing the Patriarchal Dimension and Transcending the Old Women's Identity | 第38-49页 |
| 4.1 Marcia's fasting body:a silent campaigning for the legitimate old women's identity | 第38-42页 |
| 4.2 The double vision of jouissance:the body of mimesis and abjection and the destabilization of patriarchy | 第42-49页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| Works Cited | 第52-56页 |
