| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| CONTENTS | 第6-8页 |
| I. INTRODUCTION | 第8-18页 |
| A. An Introduction to Toni Morrison’s Life and Her Beloved | 第8-10页 |
| B. An Introduction to the Historical Background of African Americans’ Slavery Experience as a Context of Beloved | 第10-11页 |
| C. An Introduction to the Trans-generational Trauma Theory | 第11-16页 |
| D. Thesis Statement | 第16-18页 |
| II.EFFECTS OF SLAVERY UPON AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE NOVEL | 第18-41页 |
| A. The Loss of Motherhood | 第18-24页 |
| 1. The Loss of Motherhood and Womanhood | 第19-22页 |
| 2. Trans-generational Trauma as a Result of the Loss of Motherhood | 第22-24页 |
| B. Loss of Maternal Love Caused by Trans-generational Trauma | 第24-32页 |
| 1. Sethe’s Personal Misery of Maternal Love | 第25-28页 |
| 2. Different Treatments between the Beloved and Denver | 第28-31页 |
| 3. Beloved’s Reborn | 第31-32页 |
| C. Trans-generational Phantom Caused by Slavery | 第32-41页 |
| 1. Racial Trauma from Sweet Home | 第33-36页 |
| 2. Trans-generational Phantom: Pains of both Black Females and Males | 第36-38页 |
| 3. Trans-generational Phantom: Pains among Sisters | 第38-41页 |
| III. ANALYSIS OF UNITY AND RECONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY | 第41-52页 |
| A. African Americans’ Efforts on Unifying Identity | 第42-46页 |
| 1. Breaking Silence about Historical Trauma | 第42-44页 |
| 2. Searching for the Absent Maternal Love | 第44-46页 |
| B. Reconstructing for African American’s Identity | 第46-52页 |
| 1. Escaping from Sweet Home | 第46-48页 |
| 2. Facing Historical Trauma of Slavery | 第48-50页 |
| 3. Finding Ways to Lead a New Life | 第50-52页 |
| IV. ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATION OF SELF, SOCIETY AND CULTURE | 第52-64页 |
| A. Trying to Readjust the New Social Relationship | 第53-56页 |
| 1. Facing the Returning of the Beloved | 第53-54页 |
| 2. Accepting the Leaving of the Beloved | 第54-56页 |
| B. Attempting to Live a Normal Life | 第56-60页 |
| 1. Working through Racial Trauma | 第56-58页 |
| 2. Gaining Freedom | 第58-60页 |
| C. Integrating with Culture | 第60-64页 |
| 1. Experience of and Working through Trans-generational Trauma | 第60-61页 |
| 2. Rebuilding Relationship with Community | 第61-64页 |
| V. CONCLUSION | 第64-67页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第67-70页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第70页 |
