| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-7页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ: Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Willa Cather | 第7-8页 |
| ·Introduction to My Antonia | 第8-10页 |
| ·Purpose of This Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ: Introduction to Lacan's Theories | 第11-18页 |
| ·Lacan's Theory of Oedipus Complex | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Dual Stage between Mother and Child | 第12页 |
| ·The Triangular Stage between Father, Mother and Child | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Dual Stage between Father and Child | 第13-14页 |
| ·Lacan's Theory of Triad Structure of the Human Psyche | 第14-18页 |
| ·The Imaginary Order | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Symbolic Order | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Real | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ: Jim Burden's Oedipus Complex | 第18-44页 |
| ·Orphanhood: Searching for a Mother | 第18-25页 |
| ·Nature: The Primeval Image of Mother | 第21-22页 |
| ·Antonia: The Naturalized Mother | 第22-25页 |
| ·Jim Burden and Mother in a Unity | 第25页 |
| ·Jim Burden's Submission to the Law of Father and Estrangement from Mother | 第25-36页 |
| ·Representatives of the Law of Father in My Antonia | 第26-29页 |
| ·Jim Burden's Submission to the Law of Father | 第29-34页 |
| ·Jim Burden's Split in Personality | 第34-36页 |
| ·Jim Burden's Return to Mother | 第36-44页 |
| ·An Attempt to Return to Mother: Death Drive under Jim Burden's pen | 第36-42页 |
| ·Return to Mother | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ: Conclusion | 第44-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-49页 |
| Publications | 第49页 |