声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
Acknowledgements
Content
Introduction
0．1 James Cain and The Hard-boiled School
0．2 Literary Reviews of Mildred Pierce and Other James Cain’s Works
0．2．1 Overseas Literary Reviews
0．2．2 Literary Reviews in China
0．3 An Introduction to the Thesis
1．Lacan’s Psychoanalysis of Self-construction
1．1 The Theory of Self-construction
1．1．1 The Three Orders
1．1．2 Identification with the Other
1．2 The Phallus Center
2．Mildred Pierce’s Reasons of Searching Self
2．1 Social Reasons：The Great Depression (1930s-late 1940s)
2．2 Mildred’s Unfulfilled Family Life
2．2．1 Her Breaking with the Husband
2．2．2 Her Ungraceful Daughter Veda
3．Mildred’s Identification with the Other
3．1 Identification with the Greedy Wally and Mrs．Gessler
3．2 Sisterhood With the Restaurant’s Waitress
3．3 Identification With the Vain Veda
3．3．1 Veda as the Phallus Center：the Rainbow
3．3．2 From Kitchen to Restaurant：Self-construction
3．4 Mildred’s Unusual Personality
3．4．1 Her Toughness as a Single Mother
3．4．2 Mildred’s Double Side of Pride and Vanity
4．The Outcome of Mildred’s Self-building
4．1 Restaurants’ Bankruptcy：the Disillusionment of American Dream
4．2 Ray’s Death and Veda’s Betrayal：Guilt and Loss
Conclusion
Bibliography
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