声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 A brief introduction to the writer’s literary achievements and the works
1.2 Literature review
1.2.1 Study on Elizabeth Jolley in Australia
1.2.2 Study on Elizabeth Jolley in China
1.3 Originality and significance of the study
1.4 An overview of chapters
Chapter Two Gender Performativity and Queer Theory
2.1 Gender Performativity
2.2 Queer Theory
Chapter Three Lesbian Heroines in Jolley’s Novels
3.1 Self-redemption through love
3.2 Mental growth through imagination
3.3 Chains of memory
3.4 Jolley’s Attitude towards Lesbianism
Chapter Four Factors Caused Jolley’s Contradictory Attitude
4.1 Factors of Elizabeth Jolley’s family and marriage
4.2 Factors of religion and laws
Chapter Five Conclusion
Works Cited
Publications