| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-18页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第18-31页 |
| 1. The Resurrection of Zora Neale Hurston | 第18-21页 |
| 2. Hurston’s Folklore Fiction | 第21-27页 |
| 3. The Significance of Reevaluating Hurston’s Folklore Fiction | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Two The Prominence of Folkloric Representations in Hurston’s Fiction | 第31-60页 |
| 1. The Entry of Black Folklore into Hurston’s Fiction | 第31-33页 |
| 2. The Definition and Categorization of Folklore | 第33-37页 |
| 3. The Literary Types of Folklore in Hurston’s Fiction | 第37-44页 |
| 4. The Linguistic Types of Folklore in Hurston’s Fiction | 第44-50页 |
| 5. The Religious Types of Folklore in Hurston’s Fiction | 第50-55页 |
| 6. The Action Types of Folklore in Hurston’s Novels | 第55-60页 |
| Chapter Three Folklore as a Survival Strategy | 第60-108页 |
| 1. The Vogue of Black Folk Culture during the Harlem Renaissance | 第60-64页 |
| 2. The Dilemma of African American Writers and Hurston’s Masking Strategy | 第64-70页 |
| 3. The Criticism of White Cultural Values | 第70-95页 |
| ·In Jonah’s Gourd Vine | 第71-78页 |
| ·In Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第78-85页 |
| ·In Moses, Man of the Mountain | 第85-95页 |
| 4. The Deconstruction of the Stereotyped Negro Images | 第95-108页 |
| Chapter Four Folklore as a Means of Reconstructing Black Cultural Identity | 第108-143页 |
| 1. American Culture, African-American Culture and African-American Folklore | 第108-113页 |
| 2. Racism and Black Cultural Identity | 第113-123页 |
| 3. The Socio-Historical Context of Reconstructing Black Cultural Identity | 第123-126页 |
| ·Identity Crisis of African Americans | 第123-125页 |
| ·The Validity of Cultural Pluralism in the American Society | 第125-126页 |
| 4. Reconstructing Black Cultural Identity on Difference | 第126-143页 |
| ·The Employment of Black English Vernacular | 第129-132页 |
| ·The Celebration of Black Religion | 第132-137页 |
| ·The Conservation of the Oral Tradition | 第137-138页 |
| ·The Promotion of African American Songs and Dances | 第138-143页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第143-147页 |
| Works Cited | 第147-155页 |
