| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Eudora Welty and The Optimist's Daughter | 第12-21页 |
| ·Eudora Welty and Her Works | 第12-16页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to The Optimist's Daughter | 第16-17页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter Two Creation of the Family Romance | 第21-33页 |
| ·The Foundations of the Southern Tradition | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Southern Family Romance and Its Context | 第22-24页 |
| ·The McKelva Family Romance in The Optimist's Daughter | 第24-33页 |
| ·Dominant Father and His heroic image | 第26-28页 |
| ·Subordinate Southern Lady | 第28-29页 |
| ·Strict Hierarchy and Hostility to the Poor Masses | 第29-31页 |
| ·Tradition-Oriented Consciousness | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Deconstruction of the Family Romance | 第33-44页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Deconstruction | 第34-35页 |
| ·Deconstruction of Male/Female Binary Opposition | 第35-40页 |
| ·Public's Falsifying of the Hero | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Male Hero's Multiple Identity | 第37-39页 |
| ·More Powerful Southern Lady | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Deconstruction of Southern Elites/Poor Masses | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Dissolution of the Strict Hierarchy | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Dissolution of Tradition-oriented Consciousness | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four Awakening in a Changing World | 第44-57页 |
| ·Alienation:Changing from an Insider to Outsider | 第44-46页 |
| ·Movement toward Understanding of the Genuine Past | 第46-53页 |
| ·Memory as Therapy | 第46-48页 |
| ·Nature of Father's "Optimism" | 第48-51页 |
| ·Inevitability of Imperfections in "Perfect Marriage" | 第51-53页 |
| ·Confluence | 第53-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-58页 |
| Notes | 第58-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-65页 |
| 在学期间的科研成果及发表的论文 | 第65页 |
