| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| 2. The Deprivation of Mother's Story | 第15-26页 |
| ·Beloved's ignorance of her mother's story | 第16-21页 |
| ·Beloved as Sethe's dead daughter | 第16-18页 |
| ·Beloved as a collective spirit of all the lost slaves | 第18-21页 |
| ·Sethe's explanation of her story as a mother | 第21-26页 |
| 3. The Understanding of Mother's Story | 第26-38页 |
| ·Denver's understanding of her mother's story | 第27-31页 |
| ·Denver's fear towards her mother | 第27-30页 |
| ·Denver's final understanding of her mother's story | 第30-31页 |
| ·Sethe's understanding of her mother's story | 第31-38页 |
| ·Sethe's resentment towards her mother | 第32-35页 |
| ·Sethe's final understanding of her mother's story | 第35-38页 |
| 4. The Empowerment of Mother's Story | 第38-45页 |
| ·Denver's formation of sense of self | 第38-39页 |
| ·Sethe's formation of self-value | 第39-41页 |
| ·Baby Suggs's maternal empowerment to the later generations | 第41-45页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-48页 |
