| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| A. Ralph Ellison and Invisible Man | 第9-12页 |
| B. Literature Review | 第12-14页 |
| C. Introduction to Post-Colonialism | 第14-17页 |
| D. The Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One The Failed Quest for Visibility through Submission | 第19-25页 |
| A. Passive Submission: Bledsoe’s Alienation in Identity | 第19-22页 |
| B. Active Submission: Brockway’s Identification as“the Other” | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Two The Doomed Failure: Quest for Visibility through Resistance | 第25-31页 |
| A. Negative Resistance: Clifton’s Disappearance and Death | 第25-28页 |
| B. Positive Resistance: Ras’s Violence against the Whites’ Hegemony | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three The Unsuccessful Quest for Visibility: From Denial of Self-Identity to InitialRecognition of Self-Identity | 第31-39页 |
| A. Innocence and Ignorance: Invisible Man at College | 第31-33页 |
| B. Suspicion and Realization: Invisible Man in Paint Factory and Hospital | 第33-35页 |
| C. Awakening and Maturity: Invisible Man in Brotherhood | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Four From Invisibility to Visibility: An Impossible Transfer | 第39-57页 |
| A.“The Other”: Inferior to the Whites | 第39-44页 |
| B.“The Third Space”: Identity Confusion | 第44-47页 |
| C.“Racial Discrimination”: An Obstacle to Individual Identification | 第47-57页 |
| 1. Racial Discrimination Embodied in Specific Images | 第48-50页 |
| 2. Racial Discrimination Reflected in White Characters | 第50-54页 |
| 3. Racial Discrimination Presented in Particular Scenes | 第54-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| Works Cited | 第61-62页 |
