| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·Toni Morrison and Her Works | 第10-13页 |
| ·Song of Solomon and Beloved | 第13-14页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter 2 African Cultural Heritage in African American Literature | 第18-25页 |
| ·African Cultural Heritage and African American Writers | 第18-21页 |
| ·African Cultural Heritage and Toni Morrison | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Oral Tradition in Song of Solomon and Beloved | 第25-37页 |
| ·Folk Music | 第26-31页 |
| ·Storytelling | 第31-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Communal Collective Culture in Song of Solomon and Beloved | 第37-52页 |
| ·Communal Collective Culture:Dynamics of Community | 第37-38页 |
| ·Communal Collective Culture in Broken Communities | 第38-44页 |
| ·Declining of Communal Collective Culture in Broken Communities | 第38-43页 |
| ·Retaining of Communal Collective Culture in Broken Communities | 第43-44页 |
| ·Communal Collective Culture in Ideal Communities | 第44-52页 |
| Chapter 5 Ancestral Presence in Song of Solomon and Beloved | 第52-61页 |
| ·Frightening Absence of Ancestors | 第53-54页 |
| ·Reassuring Presence of Ancestors | 第54-61页 |
| ·Solomon:Ancestral Presence for the Black Community | 第54-56页 |
| ·Jake:Ancestral Presence for Pilate | 第56-58页 |
| ·Ma'am and Nan:Ancestral Presence for Sethe | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| Works Cited | 第64-69页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第69页 |
