| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-16页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第16-32页 |
| I. Biographical and Critic Contexts of Toni Morrison’s Literary Texts | 第16-27页 |
| II. The Guiding Principle and Structure of This Dissertation | 第27-32页 |
| CHAPTER ONE THE CONCEPT OF IDENTITY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERARY WORKS | 第32-52页 |
| I. THE CONCEPT OF IDENTITY AND IDENTITY-BUILDING | 第32-39页 |
| II. THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 第39-48页 |
| III. THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY IN TONI MORRISON’S WORKS | 第48-52页 |
| CHAPTER TWO IDENTITY-BUILDING THROUGH “REMEMORY” OF THE UNSPOKEN HISTORY IN BELOVED | 第52-75页 |
| I. OBJECTIFICATION AND OTHERING OF BLACK PEOPLE IN SLAVERY DISCOURSE | 第53-60页 |
| II. BLACK (EX-)SLAVES’COUNTER-DISCOURSE IN “CLAIMING OWNERSHIP OF THAT FREED SELF” | 第60-69页 |
| III. “BELOVED”AS A TROPE OF IDENTITY-BUILDING FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS | 第69-75页 |
| CHAPTER THREE IDENTITY-BUILDING THROUGH JAZZIFIED MUSICAL/NARRATIVE DISCOURSE IN JAZZ | 第75-95页 |
| I. FRAGMENTED STORIES OF DISPLACED PEOPLE: PROFOUND CULTURAL DISLOCATIONS THE GREAT MIGRATION ENTAILED | 第76-85页 |
| II. JAZZIFIED NEGOTIATIONS OF IDENTITY | 第85-95页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR IDENTITY-BUILDING THROUGH CULTURAL HYBRIDITY IN PARADISE | 第95-115页 |
| I. PARADISE: A CRITIQUE OF ESSENTIALISM AND MANICHAEISM IN COMMUNAL HISTORIOGRAPHY AND IDENTITY-BUILDING | 第95-104页 |
| II. PARADISE: TOWARDS BUILDING A HYBRID IDENTITY | 第104-112页 |
| III. REIMAGINING PARADISE | 第112-115页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE TONI MORRISON’S IDENTITY-BUILDING AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WRITER | 第115-124页 |
| I. TONI MORRISON’S RACIAL IDENTITY | 第116-117页 |
| II. TONI MORRISON’S GENDERED IDENTITY | 第117-119页 |
| III. TONI MORRISON’S AESTHETIC IDENTITY | 第119-124页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第124-132页 |
| I. FROM BEING IMAGINED “OTHER”TO BEING “CHOICES”: TONI MORRISON’S IDENTITY-BUILDING FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE | 第124-126页 |
| II. TONI MORRISON’S EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IDENTITY-BUILDING AND REMEMORY, HISTORY, AND STORYTELLING | 第126-127页 |
| III. TONI MORRISON’S LIMINALITY | 第127-129页 |
| 1V. TONI MORRISON’S PARADOXICAL AUTHORITATIVE POSITION IN AMERICAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL WORLD | 第129-132页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第132-144页 |
| PRIMARY SOURCES | 第132-134页 |
| SECONDARY SOURCES | 第134-144页 |
| INDEX | 第144-151页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第151页 |
