| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter One Overview of the Dualistic Gender Relationship | 第14-26页 |
| ·Binary Opposition of Gender and Male Superiority in the Western Tradition | 第14-15页 |
| ·Evolution of Dualistic Gender Relationship in America | 第15-20页 |
| ·Right-hand Assistants | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Lady and the Mill Girl | 第17-19页 |
| ·The "Radical" Women | 第19-20页 |
| ·Times of Change | 第20-26页 |
| ·Gender Stereotypes for Women at the Turn of the 20th Century | 第20-21页 |
| ·Women's Call for Change | 第21-23页 |
| ·Susan Glaspell's Response to the Call for Change | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Two Constructing the Binary Opposition of Gender in Trifles | 第26-39页 |
| ·He-Words versus She-Words:Opposition of Discourse | 第26-30页 |
| ·Gender Discourse | 第26-27页 |
| ·Gender Discourse in Trifles | 第27-30页 |
| ·Bedroom\Outside versus Kitchen\Inside:Opposition of Sphere | 第30-33页 |
| ·The Separation of Spheres | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Separation of Spheres in Trifles | 第31-33页 |
| ·Sense versus Sensibility:Opposition of the Mode of Thinking | 第33-36页 |
| ·The Traditional Perception of Sense and Sensibility | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Contrast of Sense and Sensibility in Trifles | 第34-36页 |
| ·Law versus Justice:Opposition of Moral Code | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three Subverting the Binary Opposition of Gender in Trifles | 第39-49页 |
| ·The Unreadable Female Discourse | 第39-42页 |
| ·On-Stage Kitchen Belittling Off-Stage Bedroom | 第42-44页 |
| ·Sensibility—the Way to the Truth | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Win-win Justice | 第46-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
