| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-9页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第9-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE ROMANTIC RELATHIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN ANDWOMAN | 第15-25页 |
| ·NOSTALGIA AND CHERISHED LOVE | 第16-19页 |
| ·FRUSTRATED BUT INSISTENT LOVE | 第19-20页 |
| ·FAILED AND FRUITLESS LOVE | 第20-25页 |
| ·Mrs.Todd's Unsuccessful First Love | 第20-21页 |
| ·Joanna's Unpromising and Abandoned Love | 第21-25页 |
| CHAPTER TWO INTIMATE RELATIOSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN—LOVEBETWEEN THE NARRATOR AND MRS.TODD | 第25-32页 |
| ·EXPOSING THE TRADITIONAL FORBIDDING LOVE | 第26-28页 |
| ·PLATONIC LOVE:LOVING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE NARRATOR AND MRS. TODD | 第28-32页 |
| CHAPTER THREE SISTERHOOD:A FEMALE WORLD OF LOVE AND RITUAL | 第32-52页 |
| ·WOMEN-CENTERED UTOPIA | 第32-39页 |
| ·EDGED AND MARGINAL POSITION OF MEN | 第39-44页 |
| ·THE LIMITATIONS OF DUNNET LANDING | 第44-52页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第52-56页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第56-61页 |
