声明
致谢
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 An Introduction to Gloria Naylor and Her Works
1.2 Significance and Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Studies on Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place at Home
2.2 Studies on Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place Abroad
Chapter Three EXISTENTIALIST FEMINISM
3.1 The Origin of Existentialist Feminism
3.1.1 Sartre’s Other and in-itself and for-itself
3.1.2 Hegel’s consciousness of mastery and slavery and self-consciousness
3.1.3 Heidegger’s authentic being and inauthentic being
3.2 The Concepts of Existentialist Feminism
3.2.1 Immanence
3.2.2 Transcendence
3.2.3 The Other
3.2.4 Free choice
Chapter Four AN ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S IMMANENCE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EXISTENTIALIST FEMINISM
4.1 Mattie’s Predicament
4.1.1 Wrong love
4.1.2 Irresponsibility of her son
4.2 Lucielia’s Plight
4.2.1 Loss of child
4.2.2 Unhappy marriage
4.3 Lorraine’s Dilemma
4.3.1 Unfriendly community
4.3.2 Abnormal love
Chapter Five AN ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S FREE CHOICE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EXISTENTIALIST FEMINISM
5.1 Mattie’s Free Choice:Pursuit of Freedom
5.1.1 Financial independence
5.1.2 Being a spiritual guide in community
5.2 Lucielia’s Free Choice:Pursuit of New Life
5.2.1 Having a job
5.2.2 Starting a new family
5.3 Lorraine’s Free Choice:Pursuit of Self-independence
5.3.1 Having a true friend
5.3.2 Being her own master
Chapter Six CONCLUSION
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