| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 中文提要 | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One:Introduction | 第10-21页 |
| ·Byatt and the Success of Possession | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Studies on Byatt at Home and Abroad | 第11-14页 |
| ·Intimacy and Autonomy | 第14-18页 |
| ·Modern British Fiction and the Theme of Identity | 第18-19页 |
| ·Organization of this Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two:The Nineteenth-Century Characters' Identity Quest | 第21-33页 |
| ·Free Characters and Intersubjectivity | 第21-23页 |
| ·Unbalanced Relationship between Intimacy and Autonomy | 第23-28页 |
| ·A Good Model of Relationship:Being Separate and Connected | 第28-33页 |
| Chapter Three:The Twentieth-Century Characters' Identity Quest | 第33-47页 |
| ·Liminal Characters Dominated by Others | 第33-38页 |
| ·Psychological Coming-of-Age through Interaction | 第38-47页 |
| Chapter Four:Women Artists' Dilemma and Struggle in Identity Search | 第47-64页 |
| ·Byatt's View of Women Creativity | 第47-48页 |
| ·Myths—LaMotte's Quest for Identity | 第48-59页 |
| ·Genealogy—Maud's Inheritance and Reform in Quest of Identity | 第59-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| Notes | 第67-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-73页 |
