| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-22页 |
| ·Literature Review of the Three Works | 第12-19页 |
| ·Literature Review of Amy Tan and the Joy Luck Club | 第12-14页 |
| ·Literature Review of Eileen Chang and the Golden Cangue | 第14-17页 |
| ·Literature Review of Toni Morrison and Beloved | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Two Roots of Filicide | 第22-32页 |
| ·An Exploration of Filicide and Its Causes | 第22-28页 |
| ·General Review of Filicide | 第22-24页 |
| ·Causes of Filicide | 第24-28页 |
| ·Psychological Inference:Collective Unconscious | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Three Uncovering the Mysterious Veil of Maternity | 第32-44页 |
| ·The Notious of Maternity in Matriarchy | 第32-36页 |
| ·The Notions of Maternity in Patriarchy | 第36-44页 |
| ·The Mainstream Notions of Maternity in Western Society | 第36-40页 |
| ·The Traditional Notions of Maternity in China | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Maternal Filicide in the Three Works | 第44-75页 |
| ·The Internal Causes of the Maternal Filicide | 第45-46页 |
| ·The External Causes of the Maternal Filicide | 第46-67页 |
| ·The Factors of the Institutional Background | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Absence of the Maternal Love | 第49-54页 |
| ·The Absence of the Living Companion | 第54-58页 |
| ·The Absence of the Group Identification | 第58-67页 |
| ·Filicide:the Terminal Paroxysm of Distorted Maternity | 第67-75页 |
| ·The Surviving Maternal Love | 第68-72页 |
| ·Filicide in Exceeding Abreaction | 第72-75页 |
| Chapter Five The Aesthetic Implications of the Maternal Filicide | 第75-87页 |
| ·The Implication of Tragedy from the Maternal Filicide | 第75-81页 |
| ·The Terror from the Maternal Filicide | 第76-78页 |
| ·The Pity from the Maternal Filicide | 第78-80页 |
| ·The Inspiration from the Maternal Filicide | 第80-81页 |
| ·The Literary Implications from the Maternal Filicide | 第81-87页 |
| ·The Meditation on the Maternal Filicide | 第82-84页 |
| ·The Reconstruction of the Healthy Maternity | 第84-87页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第87-91页 |
| References | 第91-93页 |
