| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| 1."Mules" and African American Women Writing | 第11-15页 |
| 2.Alice Walker and The Color Purple | 第15-18页 |
| 3.The Structure of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter One Background,Novel,and Literature Review | 第20-27页 |
| ·Social and Personal Background—Civil Rights Movement,White Feminism,and Womanism | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Color Purple—A Story about a Mule's Transformation | 第22-24页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Two Mules—A Metaphor for Black Women | 第27-30页 |
| ·Epistolary Style—Unsuccessful Communication | 第27-28页 |
| ·Black Women's "Survival Philosophy"—Self-negation and Numbness | 第28-29页 |
| ·Black Folk Language—The Only Choice | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Aphasia Imposed by Religion | 第30-37页 |
| ·God's Neglect of Black Women's Existence | 第30-33页 |
| ·White Theology Exclusive to Black People and Women | 第30-33页 |
| ·Black Theology and Black Men's Role as Black Women's "God" | 第33页 |
| ·"Telling Nobody,but God" | 第33-35页 |
| ·Being Forced to Write to God | 第34页 |
| ·Sense of Guilt before God | 第34-35页 |
| ·God's Indifference to Black Women's Prays and Hardships | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Failure to Get Comfort from White God | 第35-36页 |
| ·Difficult Situation in Black Church and at Home | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Four Aphasia Imposed by Racism | 第37-45页 |
| ·Black People Marginalized to be the Other | 第37-39页 |
| ·Racial Segregation—A Racist Institution | 第37-38页 |
| ·Internalized Racism | 第38-39页 |
| ·Oppression from Racism | 第39-42页 |
| ·Black Men's Oppression | 第40-41页 |
| ·Black Women's Oppression | 第41-42页 |
| ·Racism in The Color Purple | 第42-45页 |
| ·Celie's Oppression by Racism | 第42-43页 |
| ·Sofia's Oppression by Racism | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Five Aphasia Imposed by Sexism | 第45-54页 |
| ·The Antithesis between Black Males and Black Females | 第45-47页 |
| ·Patriarchal White Supremacist Power Structure | 第45-46页 |
| ·Black Male Centralization and Black Female Marginalisation | 第46-47页 |
| ·Abnormal Gender Relations in the Black Community | 第47-49页 |
| ·Patriarchal Black Power Structure | 第47-48页 |
| ·Physical and Spiritual Abuse | 第48-49页 |
| ·Victimization of Domestic Abuses in The Color Purple | 第49-54页 |
| ·Abuse from "Pa" | 第50-51页 |
| ·Abuse from Albert | 第51-52页 |
| ·Abuse from Harpo | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Six "I'm Here"—Black Women's Claim to Their Voices | 第54-64页 |
| ·Letters—A Vehicle of Self-realization | 第54-55页 |
| ·Animism as a Means of Spiritual Emancipation | 第55-57页 |
| ·Reconstruction of Black People's Racial Consciousness | 第57-59页 |
| ·Tracing Black Origin | 第57-58页 |
| ·Treasuring Black People's Heritage | 第58-59页 |
| ·Breaking the Female-Male Antithesis | 第59-64页 |
| ·Women Relations | 第59-60页 |
| ·Reconstructed Relationship with Black Men | 第60-62页 |
| ·The Relation between Body and Soul | 第62-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-72页 |
| Paper Published | 第72页 |
