| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-24页 |
| ·Introduction to Kate Chopin | 第10-15页 |
| ·Kate Chopin and The Awakening | 第15-24页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Novel | 第15-19页 |
| ·Comments on The Awakening | 第19-24页 |
| Chapter 2 Feminism and Its Background | 第24-34页 |
| ·Social Background of Feminism | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Historical Context of American Feminism | 第27-32页 |
| ·Feminism and Kate Chopin | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Conflict in Social Roles | 第34-47页 |
| ·Conflict between Motherhood and Selfhood | 第35-40页 |
| ·Conflict between Wifehood and Selfhood | 第40-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Edna's Perplexities in Pursuing Her Way of Life | 第47-60页 |
| ·Perplexities from Three Different Ways of Life | 第47-53页 |
| ·Perplexities from the Complexity of Sex | 第53-55页 |
| ·Perplexities from the Sense of Aloneness and Loneliness in Women's Pursuit of Freedom | 第55-60页 |
| Chapter 5 Edna's Three Steps of Awakening | 第60-81页 |
| ·The Spiritual Awakening | 第60-67页 |
| ·The Physical Awakening | 第67-73页 |
| ·The Ultimate Awakening | 第73-81页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第81-85页 |
| Works Cited | 第85-87页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第87页 |
