| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-22页 |
| ·An introduction to Walker and The Color Purple | 第9-15页 |
| ·Major Responses to The Color Purple | 第15-22页 |
| Chapter Two Aesthetics of the Ugly: Introspection of Humanity and History | 第22-36页 |
| ·Incest: moral corruption | 第23-26页 |
| ·Violence: physical wound | 第26-29页 |
| ·Isolation and depression: spiritual wound | 第29-32页 |
| ·Alienation and absurdity: the truth of living under pressure | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Three Aesthetics of the Beautiful: Proposition of an Ideal Living Pattern | 第36-46页 |
| ·Kindness: praise for women | 第36-39页 |
| ·Beauty: praise for redeemed humanity | 第39-42页 |
| ·Harmony: proposition of an ideal living pattern | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Four Variation from the Ugly to the Beautiful: Conscious Aesthetic Orientation | 第46-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-57页 |
| Article Published | 第57-59页 |
