| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Introduction | 第8-19页 |
| 1. A Critical Review of Suzan-Lori Parks | 第8-10页 |
| 2. Literature Review of the Three Selected Plays | 第10-14页 |
| 3. African American Theatre and the Theory of Metadrama | 第14-17页 |
| 4. Layout of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One An Analysis of Playwright-Characters in the Plays | 第19-23页 |
| 1. Concept of Playwright-Character | 第19页 |
| 2. Manipulative Playwright-Characters in Parks's Plays | 第19-21页 |
| 3. Self-Dramatizing Playwright-Characters in Parks's Plays | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two An Analysis of Role-Playing within the Role in the Plays | 第23-33页 |
| 1. Concept of Role-Playing within the Role | 第23-24页 |
| 2. Parks's Blending of Voluntary, Involuntary and Allegorical Role-Playing | 第24-26页 |
| 3. Role-Playing in Inset Plays of Parks's Plays | 第26-30页 |
| 4. Role-Playing in Ceremonies of Parks's Plays | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three An Analysis of Self-Reference in the Plays | 第33-41页 |
| 1. Concept of Self-Reference of Theatre | 第33-34页 |
| 2. Indirect Self-references in Parks's Plays | 第34-38页 |
| 3. Direct Self-references in Parks's Plays | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Four Alienation Effect of the Metadramatic Elements in Parks's Plays | 第41-51页 |
| 1. Concept of Alienation Effect | 第41-44页 |
| 2. Street Scene Narrator | 第44-46页 |
| 3. Non-Aristotelian Plot | 第46-48页 |
| 4. Gestic Quality of Language | 第48-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58页 |
