| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-18页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Toni Mortison and A Mercy | 第12-14页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Emphasis and Thesis Statement | 第17-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO TRAUMA THEORY | 第18-23页 |
| ·An Overview of Trauma Theory | 第18-20页 |
| ·Reading A Mercy as Trauma Fiction | 第20-23页 |
| CHAPTER THREE INDIVIDUAL TRAUMA IN A MERCY | 第23-36页 |
| ·Suffering from "Betrayal" of Family | 第23-29页 |
| ·Florens' Nightmare of Being Abandoned by Her Mother | 第23-26页 |
| ·Jocab's Being Deserted by His Father | 第26-27页 |
| ·Rebekka's Being Sold by Her Parents | 第27-29页 |
| ·Suffering from the Social Living Environment | 第29-36页 |
| ·Florens' Mother Suffering from Rape Fantasy | 第30-32页 |
| ·Sorrow's Living in Her Self-imagined World | 第32-33页 |
| ·Lina's Being Eroded by White-dominated Culture | 第33-36页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR COLLECTIVE TRAUMA IN A MERCY | 第36-45页 |
| ·Slavery Scarring the Soul | 第36-40页 |
| ·Women's Fighting against Patriarchal Society | 第40-45页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE THE WAYS OF THE CHARACTERS' HANDLINGTRAUMA | 第45-57页 |
| ·Recovery from Trauma | 第45-54页 |
| ·Florers-Writing Her Thoughts on me Wall | 第45-49页 |
| ·Florens' Mother-Outpouring to Her Daughter | 第49-51页 |
| ·Sorrow—Claiming of Motherhood | 第51-52页 |
| ·Lina—Returning to Her Own Native Culture Spiritually | 第52-54页 |
| ·Failures in Recovering from Trauma | 第54-57页 |
| ·Jacob's Pursuit for Material Life | 第54-55页 |
| ·Rebekka's Relying on Religion | 第55-57页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| REFERENCES | 第59-61页 |
