| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One—Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Two—Review of Literature | 第11-14页 |
| ·Relevant Studies on The Awakening and Kate Chopin Both in America and China | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Research Aim and Structure of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Three—The Poor Public Reception of The Awakening in Late 1800's | 第14-18页 |
| ·The Radical Theme of The Awakening | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Public Reception of The Awakening | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Four—Edna's Conflicts with the Nineteenth Century Ideal of Womanhood | 第18-28页 |
| ·Historical Background of the Emergence of Womanhood Ideal | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Nineteenth Century Ideal of Womanhood | 第19-20页 |
| ·Edna's Conflict with the Social Expectation of Submissiveness | 第20-22页 |
| ·Edna's Conflict with the Social Expectation of Domesticity | 第22-24页 |
| ·Edna's Conflict with the Social Expectation of Piety | 第24-25页 |
| ·Edna's Conflict with the Social Expectation of Purity | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Five—Edna's Death: A Manifestation of the Climax of Her Conflicts with the Society | 第28-36页 |
| ·Edna's Disappointment at the Patriarchal Tradition | 第28-30页 |
| ·Edna's Incongruity with the Traditional Image Woman | 第30-32页 |
| ·Edna's Refusal to be Brought Back to the "Real" World of Marriage and Motherhood | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Six—Conclusion | 第36-38页 |
| Bibliography | 第38-40页 |
