| 中文摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| I. Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| A. Significance of the Research Project | 第9-10页 |
| B. Documentation Research and Thesis Statement | 第10-11页 |
| II. Polarized Characterization of the Two Heroines | 第11-21页 |
| A. May as En-Soi | 第12-15页 |
| 1. May as a Product of Society | 第12-13页 |
| 2. Classical Allusion -- May as Diana | 第13-15页 |
| B. Ellen Olenska as Pour-Soi | 第15-18页 |
| 1. Ellen as a Rebel against Convention | 第15-16页 |
| 2. Classical Allusion -- Ellen as Aphrodite | 第16-18页 |
| C. A mbivalence toward the Woman Issue | 第18-21页 |
| III. Contrastive Paths for Both Men and Women | 第21-31页 |
| A. Men vs. Society | 第23-26页 |
| 1. Men in Conformity | 第23-25页 |
| 2. Men of Nonconformity | 第25-26页 |
| B. Women vs. Society | 第26-29页 |
| 1. Women of Innocence | 第27-28页 |
| 2. Women of Experience | 第28-29页 |
| C. Ambivalence toward the Prescribed Gender Roles | 第29-31页 |
| IV. Social Order Marked by Binary Opposition | 第31-40页 |
| A. Individual vs. Society | 第32-35页 |
| 1. Individual as Outer-Self | 第32-34页 |
| 2. Individual as Spirit-Self | 第34-35页 |
| B. Conflict between Different Social Groups | 第35-37页 |
| 1. Conflict between Old New York and Europe | 第35-36页 |
| 2. Conflict between Old Rich and New Rich | 第36-37页 |
| C. Ambivalence toward Social Order | 第37-40页 |
| V. Double Role of Edith Wharton | 第40-48页 |
| A. W harton as a Woman | 第40-44页 |
| 1. As a Child Obsessed with "Make-Up" | 第40-42页 |
| 2. As an Adult with Lost Self | 第42-44页 |
| B. Wharton as a Writer | 第44-47页 |
| 1. Writing as Something Estranging | 第44-45页 |
| 2. Writing as Something Rehabilitant | 第45-47页 |
| C. Ambivalence in terms of Wharton's Self-Identity | 第47-48页 |
| VI. Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| A. Source of Ambiguity | 第48-49页 |
| B. Universal Significance of Wharton’s Identity Search | 第49-50页 |
| Works Cited | 第50-51页 |
