| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS OF THE NOVELS | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-22页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Nadine Gordimer and Her Literary Career | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literature Review of Occasion for Loving, A Sport of Nature, and The | 第12-17页 |
| ·Definition of “Identity”and Related Literary Theories | 第17-21页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Two Occasion for Loving : Loss of Identity during the ApartheidPeriod | 第22-34页 |
| ·Jessie’s Disconnected Identity | 第23-27页 |
| ·Jessie’s Relationship with the Black Man | 第27-30页 |
| ·Jessie’s Loss of Identity | 第30-34页 |
| Chapter Three A Sport of Nature: Construction of Identity during the Transition Period | 第34-45页 |
| ·Hillela’s Picaresque Identity | 第35-37页 |
| ·Hillela’s Love for the Black Man | 第37-41页 |
| ·Hillela’s Hybridized Identity | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Four The Pickup: Reconstruction of Identity during the Post-apartheid Period | 第45-55页 |
| ·Julie’s Ambivalent Identity | 第46-48页 |
| ·Julie’s Transnational Marriage with the Black Man | 第48-51页 |
| ·Julie’s Journey towards a New Sense of Identity | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
