| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-13页 |
| I.The Life and Works of the Author | 第7-9页 |
| II. Critieal Reception and Related Research at Home and Abroad | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One: Tender is the Night and Gender Performativity | 第13-18页 |
| I. The Novel: Tender is the Night | 第13-14页 |
| II. Theoretical Framework: Gender Performativity | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter Two: The Complicated Gender Relations in the 1920s | 第18-22页 |
| I. The Traditional Patriarchal Ideology | 第18页 |
| II. The Great War and the Upheaval of Gender Ideology | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Three: Dick Diver—an Effeminate American Man | 第22-37页 |
| I. A Brief Account on Dick Diver | 第22-24页 |
| II. Dick as a Non-Combatant in the Great War | 第24-27页 |
| III.Dick as a Non-Combatant in His Love Battle | 第27-32页 |
| IV. Dick as a Non-Combatant in His Career | 第32-34页 |
| V. Dick as a Non-Combatant in the Post-War Era | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Four: Baby Warren—a Masculinized American Woman | 第37-41页 |
| I. A Brief Account on Baby Warren | 第37-38页 |
| II. Baby's Mannish Independence | 第38页 |
| III. Baby's Mannish Self-Centeredness | 第38-39页 |
| IV. Baby's Mannish Domination | 第39-41页 |
| Conclusion | 第41-43页 |
| Bibliography | 第43-44页 |
