| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-24页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Toni Morrison and Jazz | 第9-16页 |
| 1.2 Magical realism and magical realism in Jazz | 第16-23页 |
| 1.2.1 Evolution and definition of magical realism | 第16-20页 |
| 1.2.2 Classification of magical realism | 第20页 |
| 1.2.3 Magical realist tendency in Jazz | 第20-23页 |
| 1.3 Research questions and thesis statement | 第23-24页 |
| CHAPTER TWO UNCANNY CHARACTERIZATION: JUXTAPOSITION OF THE REAL AND THE MAGICAL | 第24-46页 |
| 2.1 The haunting of motherlessness | 第25页 |
| 2.2 Uncanniness of the protagonists---consequence of motherlessness | 第25-33页 |
| 2.3 Trauma of motherlessness---cause of uncanniness | 第33-42页 |
| 2.4 Implication of the uncanny motherlessness | 第42-46页 |
| CHAPTER THREE MAGICAL NARRATIVE: JUXTAPOSITION OF WESTERN ELEMENTS AND INDIGENOUS TRAITS | 第46-66页 |
| 3.1 Mystic narrator and thematic significance | 第48-55页 |
| 3.2 Fragmented narrative and thematic concern | 第55-58页 |
| 3.3 Jazz-style narrative | 第58-66页 |
| 3.3.1 Repetition | 第60-62页 |
| 3.3.2 Improvisation | 第62-66页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第66-69页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第69-73页 |
