| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| 1.1 A Bio-Critical Introduction to Rita Dove | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review of Rita Dove’s Poetry | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Significance and Methodology of the Research | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter 2 A “Thirdspace” Approach to Rita Dove’s Poetry | 第17-24页 |
| 2.1 A Survey of Spatial Theory | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Transcultural Space in Rita Dove’s Poetry | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 Edward W. Soja’s “Thirdspace” Theory | 第20-22页 |
| 2.4 “Thirdspace” in Rita Dove’s Poetry | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Spatial Forms of Rita Dove’s Poetry in Relation to “Thirdspace” | 第24-36页 |
| 3.1 Dimensions of Spatiotemporal Relations in Dove’s Poetry | 第24-29页 |
| 3.1.1 Physical, Mental and Cultural Enspacements | 第24-27页 |
| 3.1.2 Boundaries and Movements Between | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2 Physical Space Beyond Confinements | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2.1 Living Space Beyond its Confinement | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2.2 Urban Space Beyond its Confinement | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3 Mental Space Beyond Cultural Fixations | 第32-36页 |
| 3.3.1 A Cultural Space Transmuted by Imagination and Experience | 第32-34页 |
| 3.3.2 An Inquisitive Thinking in Body and Mind | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Ideological Contents of Rita Dove’s Poetry in Relation to “Thirdspace”··27 | 第36-63页 |
| 4.1 Coexistence in a Cultural Reorientation and Reteritorialization | 第36-49页 |
| 4.1.1 Racial Space Renegotiated as a Homespace for all | 第38-43页 |
| 4.1.2 Gender Space Mediated as an Unfettered Landscape | 第43-49页 |
| 4.2 Universalism Inscribed in Crossing Boundaries | 第49-63页 |
| 4.2.1 Transcultural Space Embodied as a Cultural Syncretism | 第49-53页 |
| 4.2.2 Humanity Space Revisioned as Inner Freedom | 第53-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Works Cited | 第65-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70页 |
