| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| Contents | 第11-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-29页 |
| Ⅰ. The Space of Pittsburgh Cycle and the Main Argument of the Dissertation | 第14-17页 |
| Ⅱ. The Critical Review of August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle | 第17-22页 |
| Ⅲ. The Theoretical Framework of the Dissertation | 第22-26页 |
| Ⅳ. The Organization of the Dissertation | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter One The Social Space of Racism in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | 第29-57页 |
| Ⅰ. The Inequality of Racial Spatial Relationship | 第31-43页 |
| Ⅱ. The Conflict between Two Values in Social Space | 第43-57页 |
| Chapter Two The Psychological Space of Alienation in Fences | 第57-83页 |
| Ⅰ. The Juxtaposition of Spatial Separation and Emotional Estrangement | 第59-69页 |
| Ⅱ. The Space of Alienation for Dislocated African Americans | 第69-83页 |
| Chapter Three The Political Space of Black Nationalism in Two Trains Running | 第83-108页 |
| Ⅰ. A Collective Cry for Spatial Expansion | 第85-95页 |
| Ⅱ. African Americans’ Quest for the Space of Self-determination | 第95-108页 |
| Chapter Four The Cultural Space of Identity Reconstruction in Gem of the Ocean | 第108-132页 |
| Ⅰ. A Spatial Journey to Ancestral Culture | 第110-122页 |
| Ⅱ. African Americans’ Pursuit of the Space of Self-empowerment | 第122-132页 |
| Conclusion | 第132-140页 |
| Bibliography | 第140-149页 |
