| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第8-15页 |
| ·What the Present Thesis Plans to Do | 第8-9页 |
| ·AnIntroduction to Jean Rhys and Doris Lessing | 第9-11页 |
| ·AnIntroduction to Wide Sargasso Sea and The Grass Is Singing | 第11-13页 |
| ·Feminism and Literature | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE SOCIAL FORCES REPRESSING SELF-IDENTITY | 第15-23页 |
| ·Womens’Fixed Role in a Man-dominant Society | 第15-17页 |
| ·Doubled Oppressions in a Colonial Milieu | 第17-20页 |
| ·Limited Education | 第20-21页 |
| ·Narrowed Working Experience | 第21-23页 |
| CHAPTER TWO PSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS FORESHADOWING IDENTITY CRISES | 第23-35页 |
| ·Affected Identity Acquisition in Childhood | 第23-29页 |
| ·Internalized Social Conventions | 第29-30页 |
| ·Frailty of the Mind | 第30-35页 |
| CHAPTER THREE MARRIAGES SUFFOCATING IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT | 第35-46页 |
| ·Manipulated Marriages | 第35-38页 |
| ·Rigid Relationships with Husbands | 第38-42页 |
| ·Isolated Life in Closed Space | 第42-46页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第46-49页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第49-51页 |
