声明
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Doris Lessing and The Grass Is Singing
1.2 Literature Review
1.3 Bildungsroman
1.4 Thesis Structure
Chapter 2 Mary’s Confusions about Her Self-identity
2.1 Confused Concepts of Marriage
2.1.1 Withdrawal from Marriage
2.1.2 Unpractical Illusion to Farmland
2.2 Distorted Identity
2.2.1 The Repressed Sexual Awareness
2.2.2 Ambivalent Knowledge about the White and the Black
Chapter 3 Mary’s Attempts of Changing Her Life
3.1 Escaping
3.1.1 Searching for Ideal Life
3.1.2 Deviating from the Standard of White Society
3.2 Revolting
3.2.1 Changing the Imposed Self from the Autonomous Self
3.2.2 Challenging the District
Chapter 4 Mary’s Foiled Growth
4.1 Her Growth
4.1.1 Awakening Sexual Awareness
4.1.2 Treating Moses as an Equal
4.2 Limits of Her Growth
4.2.1 Lack of Subjectivity
4.2.2 Internalization of Patriarchal Ideology
4.2.3 Individual Weakness
Conclusion
参考文献
Appendix A 攻读学位期间所发表的论文
Appendix B详细中文摘要
致谢