| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-22页 |
| 1.1 ABrief Review of Relevant Literature | 第11-15页 |
| 1.2 Thesis Statement and Significance of Research | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Framework | 第16-20页 |
| 1.4 Analysis Procedure | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IDENTITY | 第22-42页 |
| 2.1 Influence from Family | 第23-28页 |
| 2.1.1 Captain Penderton’s Femininity and Homosexual Tendency | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.2 Private Williams’Asexuality | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2 Influence from Inhabited Environment | 第28-36页 |
| 2.2.1 General Norms in the American South and theArmy | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2.2 Impact on Captain Penderton as a Man | 第31-34页 |
| 2.2.3 Impact on Leonora Penderton as a Masculine Southern Belle | 第34-36页 |
| 2.3 Influence from Marriage | 第36-42页 |
| 2.3.1 Trap for Married Women | 第36-39页 |
| 2.3.2 Curse for Unmarried Women | 第39-42页 |
| CHAPTER THREE PERFORMANCES IN GENDER RELATIONS | 第42-58页 |
| 3.1 Marriage as a Locus of Power Relations | 第42-47页 |
| 3.1.1 Alison Designated as the Other | 第43-45页 |
| 3.1.2 Captain Penderton as a Failure | 第45-47页 |
| 3.2 Mirror Figures to Reflect the Self | 第47-51页 |
| 3.2.1 Private Williams as the Male Mirror Figure for Captain Penderton | 第47-50页 |
| 3.2.2 Alison as Captain Penderton’s Female Counterpart | 第50-51页 |
| 3.3 Mother Image as a Guide to Gender Development | 第51-58页 |
| 3.3.1 Private Williams’SexualAwakening | 第51-53页 |
| 3.3.2 Anacleto’s Transgender Identity | 第53-58页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR SUBVERSION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IN PERFORMANCES | 第58-72页 |
| 4.1 Subversion of Gender Identity and Gender Relations | 第58-67页 |
| 4.1.1 From Silenced to Voiced: Resistance fromAlison as a Woman | 第59-61页 |
| 4.1.2 From a Boy to a Girl: Anacleto’s Border Crossing | 第61-64页 |
| 4.1.3 From Heterosexual to Homosexual: Penderton’s Self-Revelation | 第64-67页 |
| 4.2 Changes and Possibility of Reconstruction | 第67-72页 |
| 4.2.1 Missing the Other: Langdon’s Repentance | 第67-68页 |
| 4.2.2 Regained Femininity: Leonora’s Change | 第68-69页 |
| 4.2.3 Implications from the Tragic Ending | 第69-72页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第72-75页 |
| NOTES | 第75-76页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第76-80页 |
