| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Richard Wright and His works | 第10-11页 |
| ·Literature Review of The Long Dream | 第11-13页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ The Long Dream as an Initiation Story | 第15-28页 |
| ·Definitions of Bildungsroman and Initiation Story | 第15-20页 |
| ·American Initiation Stories | 第20-25页 |
| ·Development of American Initiation Stories | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Features of American Initiation Stories | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Long Dream as an American Ethnic Initiation Story | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Initiation of the Protagonist | 第28-48页 |
| ·The Process of Fishbelly's Initiation | 第28-39页 |
| ·Depressing Childhood and Sexual Initiation | 第28-33页 |
| ·The Pursuit and Disillusionment of the Black American Dream | 第33-37页 |
| ·Maturity and Flight | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Mentors in the Process of Fishbelly's Initiation | 第39-44页 |
| ·Tyree | 第40-41页 |
| ·Fishbelly's Playmates | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Trusty | 第43页 |
| ·Cantley | 第43-44页 |
| ·Epiphanies in Fishbelly's Initiation | 第44-48页 |
| ·White Women as Lynching Baits | 第45-46页 |
| ·Money as a Power to Survive in the World | 第46页 |
| ·The Cruel White World | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The Crises of the Protagonist | 第48-61页 |
| ·Mental Crises of Fishbelly | 第48-53页 |
| ·The Double Consciousness and Identity Crises | 第48-51页 |
| ·Aesthetic Alienation and the "White" Worship | 第51-52页 |
| ·Self-contempt and Self-denial | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Sources of Fishbelly's Crises | 第53-61页 |
| ·The Cultural Colonization of the Black Race by the White | 第53-56页 |
| ·Racism | 第56-61页 |
| ChapterⅤ Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67页 |
