| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-29页 |
| 0.1 Alice Walker and The Color Purple | 第11-14页 |
| 0.2 Toni Morrison and Beloved | 第14-19页 |
| 0.3 Literature Review | 第19-25页 |
| 0.3.1 Studies on The Color Purple | 第19-22页 |
| 0.3.2 Studies on Beloved | 第22-25页 |
| 0.4 Objectives and Significance of the Study | 第25-26页 |
| 0.5 Structure of the Thesis | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Basis | 第29-38页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction of Intertextuality | 第29-33页 |
| 1.1.1 From Bakhtin to Kristeva | 第29-30页 |
| 1.1.2 From Barthes to Genette | 第30-33页 |
| 1.2 Biblical Intertextual Features of African-American Writings | 第33-36页 |
| 1.3 Traditional Interpretation of the Eden Myth | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Two Revising and Subverting the Eden Myth in The Color Purple | 第38-56页 |
| 2.1 Monotheistic God Succumbing to Pantheistic Gods | 第39-43页 |
| 2.2 Adamic Male Characters --- Subjugators of Females | 第43-47页 |
| 2.3 The Serpentine Shug---A Source of Love and Self-actualization | 第47-49页 |
| 2.4 The Fallen Celie--- A Source of Selfhood and Self-autonomy | 第49-53页 |
| 2.5 Celie’s Rehabitation to the Black Community Instead of Eviction | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter Three Revising and Subverting the Eden Myth in Beloved | 第56-68页 |
| 3.1 Sweet Home---A New Eden of Evils | 第56-59页 |
| 3.2 Benevolent God---Indifferent and Disempowered God | 第59-61页 |
| 3.3 Adamic Slave---Owners | 第61-63页 |
| 3.4 Fallen Sethe--- A Source of Awakening and Self-Identity | 第63-66页 |
| 3.5 Sethe’s Rehabitation to the Black Community Instead of Eviction | 第66-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| References | 第71-76页 |
| About the Author | 第76页 |
