| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One An Overview of the Literary Career of Toni Morrison and Jazz | 第13-20页 |
| ·Toni Morrison's Life Experience and Works | 第13-16页 |
| ·A photograph as the Background Story of Jazz | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Plot of Jazz | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Two Trauma and Loss in Three Periods of Black History | 第20-30页 |
| ·Three Periods of Black History | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Complete Loss of Self-Identity in American Slavery | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Passive Struggle in Reconstruction | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Self-Awakening in Great Migration | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter Three Searches for the Way out | 第30-42页 |
| ·Searching for Mother as Symbol of African Culture | 第30-32页 |
| ·Jazz as Symbol of African Culture | 第32-34页 |
| ·Communication and Love | 第34-42页 |
| ·Friendship between Violet and Alice | 第35-38页 |
| ·Friendship between Violet,Joe and Felice | 第38-42页 |
| Conclusion | 第42-44页 |
| Notes | 第44-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-48页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第48-49页 |
