| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-28页 |
| ·A Pluralistic Morrison | 第12-14页 |
| ·Criticism of Toni Morrison’s Novels | 第14-24页 |
| ·Criticism of Morrison in the West | 第14-19页 |
| ·Criticism of Morrison in China | 第19-24页 |
| ·Researching Approach of the Dissertation | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter One The Concept of Freedom and the Quest for it | 第28-40页 |
| ·The Concept of Freedom | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Quest for Freedom in Literary Works | 第31-36页 |
| ·The Quest for Freedom in Morrison’s Fictions | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Two Quest for Freedom through Death as a Narrative Element | 第40-67页 |
| ·The Construction of Suicide | 第43-53页 |
| ·The Construction of Homicide | 第53-60页 |
| ·The Construction of Accidental Death | 第60-67页 |
| Chapter Three Quest for Freedom through Narrative Time | 第67-101页 |
| ·Narrative Time in Novels | 第67-72页 |
| ·Quest for Freedom through Narrative Time in Morrison’s Fictions | 第72-101页 |
| ·Narrative Time in The Bluest Eye | 第75-87页 |
| ·Narrative Time in Song of Solomon | 第87-91页 |
| ·Narrative Time in Tar Baby | 第91-97页 |
| ·Narrative Time in Sula | 第97-101页 |
| Chapter Four Quest for Freedom through Metaphor | 第101-138页 |
| ·Diverse Metaphors in Morrison’s Fictions | 第101-104页 |
| ·Quest for Freedom through Metaphors in Morrison’s Fictions | 第104-138页 |
| ·Name Metaphor in Morrison’s Fictions | 第104-118页 |
| ·Myth Metaphor in Morrison’s Fictions | 第118-121页 |
| ·Folk Tale Metaphor in Morrison’s Fictions | 第121-124页 |
| ·Body Metaphor in Morrison’s Fictions | 第124-127页 |
| ·Music Metaphor in Morrison’s Fictions | 第127-131页 |
| ·Symbol Metaphor in Morrison’s Fictions | 第131-134页 |
| ·Color Metaphor in Morrison’s Fictions | 第134-138页 |
| Conclusion | 第138-142页 |
| Bibliography | 第142-149页 |
