| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-24页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to Amy Tan and The Bonesetters’ Daughter | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Review of Relevant Literature | 第15-19页 |
| 1.2.1 Introduction | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2.2 Studies Abroad | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2.3 Studies in China | 第17-19页 |
| 1.2.4 Summary | 第19页 |
| 1.3 Thesis Statement and Significance of Research | 第19页 |
| 1.4 Theoretical Framework and Methodology | 第19-24页 |
| 1.4.1 Introduction | 第19-20页 |
| 1.4.2 The Concept of Trauma | 第20页 |
| 1.4.3 The Development of Trauma Theory | 第20-23页 |
| 1.4.4 The Employment of Trauma Theory in This Thesis | 第23-24页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THE DISPLAY OF THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMAAMONG THE THREE GENERATIONS | 第24-40页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第24页 |
| 2.2 The Common Traumatic Symptoms of the Three Generations | 第24-34页 |
| 2.2.1 Hyperarousal and Derealization Disorder | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Chronic Suicidal Preoccupation | 第28-34页 |
| 2.3 The Differential Symptoms among the Three Generations | 第34-38页 |
| 2.3.1 Lu Ling Young’s Amnesia | 第34-35页 |
| 2.3.2 Ruth Young’s Aphasia | 第35-37页 |
| 2.3.3 Precious Auntie’s Isolation and Withdrawal from Others | 第37-38页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第38-40页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE TRANSMISSION OF THE INTERGENERATIONALTRAUMA | 第40-52页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第40页 |
| 3.2 The Causes of the Intergenerational Trauma | 第40-47页 |
| 3.2.1Atrocity | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2.2 Developmental Environment: Gender Inequality | 第42-47页 |
| 3.3 The Transmissive Channel of the Intergenerational Trauma | 第47-50页 |
| 3.3.1 Written Narrative to Pass Trauma from Precious Auntie to LuLing | 第47-49页 |
| 3.3.2 Verbal Narrative that Passes Trauma from Lu Ling to Ruth Young | 第49-50页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第50-52页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE RECOVERY OF THE INTERGENERATIONALTRAUMA | 第52-64页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第52页 |
| 4.2 The Mechanism to Recover from Trauma | 第52-53页 |
| 4.3 Writing to Remember and Mourn for the Trauma | 第53-57页 |
| 4.3.1 Precious Auntie’s Inopportune Writing of Her Trauma Memory | 第53-54页 |
| 4.3.2 Lu Ling’s Timely Writing of Her Trauma Memory | 第54-55页 |
| 4.3.3 Ruth Young’s Integrated Writing of Her Whole Family | 第55-57页 |
| 4.4 Love to Connect with New Life | 第57-62页 |
| 4.4.1 The Lack of Love to Deepen Precious Auntie’s Trauma | 第58-59页 |
| 4.4.2 Love to Connect with Lu Ling Young and Ruth Young’s NewLife | 第59-62页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第62-64页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第64-66页 |
| WORKES CITED | 第66-68页 |
