| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| I．Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| A．Sister Carrie and Moment in Peking | 第8-10页 |
| 1. Sister Carrie | 第8-9页 |
| 2. Moment in Peking | 第9-10页 |
| B．Existing Scholarship on the Two Novels | 第10-11页 |
| C．Purpose for Comparing the Two Female Protagonists | 第11-13页 |
| II．Technical Terms and Philosophical Beliefs Involved | 第13-19页 |
| A．Feminism | 第13-16页 |
| ·Feminism in general | 第13-14页 |
| ·Feminist Movement in America | 第14-15页 |
| ·Feminism as a literary theory | 第15-16页 |
| B．Traditional Chinese Philosophical Beliefs | 第16-19页 |
| ·Confucianism | 第16-18页 |
| ·Taoism | 第18-19页 |
| III．Comparative Analysis of Carrie Meeber and YaoMulan | 第19-34页 |
| A. Attitudes toward Gender Relationship | 第19-27页 |
| ·Carrie's attitude toward gender relationship | 第19-22页 |
| ·Mulan's attitude towards gender relationship | 第22-26页 |
| ·Similarities and differences between Carrie and Mulan | 第26-27页 |
| B. Attitudes toward Social Conventions | 第27-32页 |
| ·Carrie's attitude toward social conventions | 第27-28页 |
| ·Mulan's attitudes towards social conventions | 第28-31页 |
| ·Similarities and differences between Carrie and Mulan | 第31-32页 |
| C. Attitudes toward Adversities in Life | 第32-34页 |
| ·Carrie's attitude toward adversities in life | 第32页 |
| ·Mulan's attitude toward adversities in life | 第32-34页 |
| ·Similarities and differences between Carrie and Mulan | 第34页 |
| IV．Conclusion | 第34-37页 |
| Works Cited | 第37-39页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第39-40页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第40页 |
