| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Doris Lessing and The Summer Before the Dark | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-16页 |
| ·Thesis Statement | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Foundation | 第18-29页 |
| ·The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Freud’s Psychoanalysis | 第19-29页 |
| ·Personality Structure: Id, Ego and Superego | 第19-22页 |
| ·Freudian Dream Interpretation | 第22-26页 |
| ·Anxiety and Ego Defense Mechanism | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Two Kate’s Personality Structure - The Process of Self-struggle | 第29-43页 |
| ·Kate’s Unbalanced Personality Structure | 第29-35页 |
| ·Mary, the“Id”of Kate | 第30-32页 |
| ·Michael’s Wife, the“Ego”of Kate | 第32-34页 |
| ·Mrs. Brown, the“Superego”of Kate | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Internal Battles Among Kate’s Id, Ego and Superego | 第35-43页 |
| ·Social Code-Kate’s Internal Battle Between Id and Ego | 第36-38页 |
| ·Pursuit of Self Value- Kate’s Internal Battle Between Id and Superego | 第38-40页 |
| ·Function of Motherhood-Kate’s Internal Battles Between Ego and Superego | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Three Kate’s Dreams - The Process of Self-disillusionment andSelf - fulfillment | 第43-57页 |
| ·Latent Dreams of Self-Disillusionment | 第43-51页 |
| ·Dancing Dream-Symbol of Inequality in Marriage | 第44-46页 |
| ·Turtle Dream-Symbol of Losing Way | 第46-48页 |
| ·Northward Journey Dream-Symbol of Hard Life Journey | 第48-51页 |
| ·Manifest Dreams of Self-Fulfillment | 第51-57页 |
| ·Arena Dream-Fight to Self-salvation | 第51-54页 |
| ·Water Dream- A Thread to Self-salvation | 第54-55页 |
| ·Cherry Tree Dream-Self-salvation from Destruction | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Four Kate’s Anxiety and Ego Defense Mechanism - TheProcess of Self - reconstruction | 第57-69页 |
| ·Threat of Kate’s Ego Defense Mechanism | 第57-62页 |
| ·Reality Anxiety from Isolation from Society | 第57-59页 |
| ·Moral Anxiety from Disloyalty to Her Husband | 第59-61页 |
| ·Neurotic Anxiety from Kate’s Fixed Identity | 第61-62页 |
| ·Achievement of Kate’s Ego Defense Mechanism | 第62-65页 |
| ·Repressing Desire for Beauty and Sense of Ascription | 第62-64页 |
| ·Displacing Her Emotional Sustenance | 第64-65页 |
| ·Self Identification and Final Return | 第65-69页 |
| ·Acknowledgement of Herself at the End of the Journey | 第65-67页 |
| ·Returning to Her Family | 第67-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-74页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间所发表的学术论文 | 第74-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76页 |
