| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Toni Morrison and Her Literary Creations | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature Review on Morrison and Her Female Bilungsroman | 第13-16页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Basis | 第19-28页 |
| ·Origin and Development of the Bildungsroman | 第19-21页 |
| ·American Initiation Novels | 第21-28页 |
| ·American Female Initiation Novels | 第21-22页 |
| ·Differences Between Traditional Bilungsroman and Morrison’s Female Bildungsroman | 第22-28页 |
| Chapter Two Antithetical Paired Protagonists in The BluestEye | 第28-42页 |
| ·Pecola's Unresolved Quest for Ethnic Identity | 第28-36页 |
| ·Pecola's Passive Submission | 第28-32页 |
| ·Pecola ‘s Recognization for White Culture | 第32-35页 |
| ·Pecola's Inability of Reflection | 第35-36页 |
| ·Claudia's Resolved Quest for Ethnic Identity | 第36-42页 |
| ·Claudia's Initiative Struggle | 第36-38页 |
| ·Claudia's Denial of Cultural Values | 第38-40页 |
| ·Claudia's Reflective Strategies | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Three Antithetical Paired Protagonists in Sula | 第42-53页 |
| ·Sula's Unresolved Quest for Black Female Selfhood | 第42-47页 |
| ·Sula's Excessive Struggle | 第42-44页 |
| ·Sula's Estrangement from Black Community | 第44-45页 |
| ·Sula's Inability to Achieve | 第45-47页 |
| ·Nel's Resolved Quest for Black Female Selfhood | 第47-53页 |
| ·Nel's Tentative Attempt | 第47-49页 |
| ·Nel's Reflective Strategies | 第49-50页 |
| ·Nel's Engagement with Black Community | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Four Antithetical Paired Protagonists in Beloved | 第53-64页 |
| ·Sethe's Unresolved Quest for Ethnic Subjectivity | 第53-59页 |
| ·Sethe's Stagnation and Numbness | 第53-56页 |
| ·Sehe's Withdrawal from Black Community | 第56-57页 |
| ·Sethe's Inability of Reflection | 第57-59页 |
| ·Denver's Resolved Quest for Ethinic Subjectivity | 第59-64页 |
| ·Denver's Development of Subjectivity | 第59-61页 |
| ·Denver's Reflective Strategies | 第61-62页 |
| ·Denver's Mergence into Black Community | 第62-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-71页 |
| Publications | 第71页 |
