| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Toni Morrison | 第9-10页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Toni Morrison's Beloved | 第10-12页 |
| ·Arguments of the Present Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第13-20页 |
| ·Overview of Critical Responses to Beloved | 第13-16页 |
| ·Critical Response to Beloved Abroad | 第13-15页 |
| ·Critical Response to Beloved in China | 第15-16页 |
| ·Myth and Archetypal Criticism | 第16-20页 |
| ·Jungian Myth and Archetypal Theories | 第17-18页 |
| ·Northrop Frye's Myth and Archetypal Theories | 第18-19页 |
| ·Application of Myth and Archetypal Theory to Literature Criticism | 第19-20页 |
| 3 Toni Morrison's Destructive and Reconstructive | 第20-36页 |
| ·Greek Medea Myth and Euripides' Medea | 第20-23页 |
| ·Greek Medea Myth | 第20-21页 |
| ·Euripides' Medea | 第21-23页 |
| ·African American Writers' Employment of Myth | 第23-28页 |
| ·The Origin and Development of African American Writers,Employment of Myth | 第23-26页 |
| ·Morrison's Employment of Myth and Her Preference over MedeaMyth | 第26-28页 |
| ·Toni Morrison's Destruction of Medea Myth in Beloved | 第28-30页 |
| ·Morrison's Reconstruction of Medea myth in Beloved | 第30-32页 |
| ·Significance of Toni Morrison's Destruction and Reconstruction of Medea Myth | 第32-36页 |
| ·Rediscover the History of Black People | 第32-33页 |
| ·A Combination of Western Literary Tradition and African American Experience | 第33-36页 |
| 4 Conclusion | 第36-38页 |
| Bibliography | 第38-43页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第43页 |