| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter One Narrative Characteristics in The Color Purple | 第16-34页 |
| ·Narrative Model: First-Person Narrative and Double Perspectives | 第16-18页 |
| ·Reliable Narrators | 第18-21页 |
| ·Focalization and its Violation | 第21-23页 |
| ·Narrative Structure: Surface Structure and Deep Structure | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Shortening of Distance | 第25-28页 |
| ·Omission | 第28-30页 |
| ·Free Indirect Speech | 第30-34页 |
| Chapter Two Narrative Tension in the Novel | 第34-45页 |
| ·Narrative Tension from the Contrast between the Insignificance of the Heroines and the Power of the Society | 第34-36页 |
| ·Narrative Tension Achieved through the Limited Information Provided by the Narrative "I" | 第36-38页 |
| ·Narrative Tension from the Description of the Characters | 第38-41页 |
| ·Narrative Tension from the Extending of Space by Double Narrators | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Three Thematic Function of the Narrative Form | 第45-60页 |
| ·Letter Writing as the Strength for Celie's Survival and Transformation | 第45-49页 |
| ·Relationship between Alice Walker and Celie the Heroine | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Importance of Letter Writing for Celie's Survival and Self-Realization | 第47-49页 |
| ·Letters as Power | 第49-55页 |
| ·Power and Discourse | 第50页 |
| ·Letters Creating "Space of Power" for Women | 第50-53页 |
| ·The Power of Words in Claiming Self-Identity | 第53-55页 |
| ·Relation between Language and Motif | 第55-60页 |
| ·Relation between the Choice of the Black Vernacular and the Racial Motif | 第55-57页 |
| ·The Change of Language Style Reflecting the Transformation of Black Women | 第57-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| Notes | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第68页 |
