Abstract: Underneath the literary discourse of Cinderella is the patriarchycentered consciousness， which holds that womens promotion is realized by mens favor of them. In Alice Munros female initiation novel The Beggar Maid， Munro sets the Cinderella mode in the background of a modern society， where she exposes its inner conflicts and crises from the dimensions of identity， class and sex. Munro follows the writing model of an initiation novel to depict a dynamic female hero， and finally deconstructs the Cinderella mode through the heroines breaking away from marriage. Furthermore， Munro’s emphasis on the heroines economic independence makes her narrative on the deconstruction of the Cinderella mode complete and reliable.

Key words: Cinderella mode, patriarchal discourse, female initiation, The Beggar Maid