| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-19页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第14-19页 |
| Chapter Two RACIAL AND SEXUAL OPPRESSIONS | 第19-28页 |
| ·The Trauma Blacks Suffered from Racial Oppression | 第19-23页 |
| ·Dual oppressions of black women | 第23-28页 |
| Chapter Three A FAILED QUEST FOR BLACK WOMEN'S SELF-IDENTITY | 第28-52页 |
| ·A Quest for Exploring Black Women's Self-Identity and Its Defeat | 第28-39页 |
| ·Sula's experimental and extreme attempt | 第28-35页 |
| ·Nel's traditional and failed life | 第35-39页 |
| ·The Underlying Factors | 第39-48页 |
| ·Historical and social reasons | 第40-42页 |
| ·Familial effects | 第42-48页 |
| ·Morrison's Unique Writing Techniques for Expressing the Theme of Sula | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Four TONI MORRISON'S CHERISHED HOPE FOR BLACK WOMEN AND MEN | 第52-58页 |
| ·Sula and Her Sweet Heart Ajax | 第52-55页 |
| ·Building an Ideal and Harmonious Relationship between Black Women and Men | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第58-60页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第60-66页 |
