| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·A brief introduction to Tony Morrison and her works | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature review | 第13-17页 |
| ·Originality of the present thesis | 第17页 |
| ·Structure of the present thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Three Types of Male Characters in Song of Solomon | 第19-33页 |
| ·Macon Dead Ⅱ-a whitened black bourgeois | 第19-24页 |
| ·Macon Dead Ⅱ:an indifferent person | 第19-21页 |
| ·Macon Dead Ⅱ:a worshiper of material possessions | 第21-23页 |
| ·Macon Dead Ⅱ:a whitened person | 第23-24页 |
| ·Milkman Dead—a middle-class black youth in search of the African American cultural heritage | 第24-31页 |
| ·Milkman Dead's early confused life | 第24-26页 |
| ·Milkman's journey to south | 第26-31页 |
| ·Guitar Bains—a radical lower-class black nationalist | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Reasons for Creating the Three Types of Male Characters | 第33-47页 |
| ·Quest for the way out of racism | 第33-42页 |
| ·The social context for Song of Solomon | 第33-36页 |
| ·Three different ways out of racism | 第36-42页 |
| ·Highlighting women's Power in African American Male-Female Relationships | 第42-47页 |
| ·Milkman's mental tutor—Pilate | 第42-45页 |
| ·Milkman's second Tutor—Circe | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Works Cited | 第49-51页 |
| Publications | 第51页 |
