| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| ·Lessing’s Life | 第8-9页 |
| ·The Outline of The Fifth Child | 第9页 |
| ·Research Questions and Hypothesis | 第9-10页 |
| ·Theoretical Perspectives and Arrangement of Content | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第13-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Doris Lessing Abroad | 第13-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Doris Lessing’s Works from Feminist Perspective | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Doris Lessing’s Works from Philosophical Perspective | 第14-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Doris Lessing in China | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies on Doris Lessing’s The Fifth Child | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 The Life Philosophy of Doris Lessing | 第19-25页 |
| ·The Influence of the Androgynous Vision of Virginia Woolf: The Ideal Man-and-Woman Relationship | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Impact of the Theory of Human Sciences of Dilthey: The Undivided Relationship between Individuals and Society | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Influence of the “Higher State of Mind”of Sufism: Love | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Family Happiness in The Fifth Child | 第25-43页 |
| ·The Significance and Creation of Family Happiness | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Impact of Social and Economic Situation on a Family in The Fifth Child | 第26-34页 |
| ·The Opposite Gender Identities and Unequal Social Status between David and Harriet | 第26-31页 |
| ·The Influence of Economic Crisis on the Family of David and Harriet | 第31-34页 |
| ·Love: the Corner Stone of Family Happiness in The Fifth Child | 第34-43页 |
| ·The Love between David and Harriet | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Love between Parents and Ben and other Children | 第38-43页 |
| Conclusion | 第43-45页 |
| References | 第45-47页 |
