| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| Chapter 1 Blues and Its Literary Significance | 第19-32页 |
| ·Blues: Musical Definition and Literary Function | 第19-27页 |
| ·Literary Significance of Blues in Invisible Man | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter 2 Blues as Thematic Representation | 第32-56页 |
| ·Blues Lyrics in Thematic Representation | 第33-43页 |
| ·Blues-related Descriptions in Thematic Representation | 第43-49页 |
| ·The Spirit of Blues in Thematic Representation | 第49-56页 |
| Chapter 3 Blues as Characterization | 第56-77页 |
| ·Blues in the Making of the Protagonist | 第57-66页 |
| ·Blues in the Making of Other Characters | 第66-77页 |
| ·Jim Trueblood | 第66-70页 |
| ·Mary Rambo | 第70-73页 |
| ·Tod Clifton | 第73-77页 |
| Chapter 4 Blues as Narrative Strategy | 第77-93页 |
| ·Blues Shaping the Narrative Structure of the Novel | 第77-80页 |
| ·Blues Forming Narrative Devices | 第80-89页 |
| ·Polyphonic Techniques of Call-and-Response | 第80-83页 |
| ·Improvisation | 第83-86页 |
| ·Repetition | 第86-89页 |
| ·Blues-like Lingual Formations | 第89-93页 |
| Conclusion | 第93-96页 |
| Notes | 第96-98页 |
| Bibliography | 第98-104页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第104-106页 |
| 攻读学位期间主要研究成果 | 第106页 |
