| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-12页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第12-18页 |
| ·Introduction to Toni Morrison and Contexts for Her Writing | 第12-15页 |
| ·Introduction to Song of Solomon and Beloved | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of My Research and an Introduction to Postcolonial Studies | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER ONE Slavery, White Cultural Hegemony and the "Internal Colonization" to African Americans | 第18-30页 |
| ·New Dimensions to Slave Narrative Tradition in the Two Novels | 第18-20页 |
| ·Severe Damages Slavery had done to African American Community and Culture | 第20-23页 |
| ·White Cultural Hegemony and the "Internal Colonization" to African Americans | 第23-30页 |
| CHAPTER TWO Affirming Selfhood | 第30-43页 |
| ·Milkman's Journey South to Find a True Self in Song of Solomon | 第30-36页 |
| ·Sethe and Paul D: Affirming Selfhood in Beloved | 第36-43页 |
| CHAPTER THREE Rebuilding Communal Solidarity | 第43-55页 |
| ·Importance of Community during the Self-Searching Process | 第43-49页 |
| ·Pilate and Baby Suggs: Rebuilding Communal Solidarity | 第49-55页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第55-58页 |
| NOTES | 第58-62页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第62-64页 |
