| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| 1.1 Toni Morrison and A Mercy | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第14-18页 |
| 1.3 Originality of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| 1.4 Framework of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two :Theoretical Basis: Intertextuality | 第21-28页 |
| 2.1 Origin of Intertextuality | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2 Two Main Branches of Intertextuality | 第23-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Kristeva and Broad Sense Intertextuality | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Genette and Narrow Sense Intertextuality | 第24-26页 |
| 2.3 Intertextual Features of Morrison's Works | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three: Morrison's Challenges to White History from the Perspective ofBroad Sense Intertextuality | 第28-39页 |
| 3.1 Challenge to the So-called White Supremacy | 第28-32页 |
| 3.1.1 Recuperating of the Past | 第29-31页 |
| 3.1.2 Absurdity of the So-called Supremacy | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 Challenge to the So-called Redemption | 第32-35页 |
| 3.3 Challenge to the White World as Being Civilized | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Four: Morrison's Challenges to White History from the Perspective ofNarrow Sense Intertextuality | 第39-47页 |
| 4.1 Challenges by Allusion | 第39-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Allusion to Paradise Lost | 第39-42页 |
| 4.1.1.1 Vaark to Satan | 第40-41页 |
| 4.1.1.2 Florens to Eve | 第41-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Allusion to The Garden of Eden | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 Challenges through Parody | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2.1 Parody of Heart of Darkness | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Parody of the Book of Revelati | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Five: Morrison's Reconstruction of the Identity and Culture of theColored People | 第47-54页 |
| 5.1 From Supremacy to Narrowness | 第47-48页 |
| 5.2 Reconstructing the Identity of the Colored People | 第48-52页 |
| 5.2.1 The Black Possessing Strong Sense of Independence | 第49-50页 |
| 5.2.2 Rebellious Black Fighting for Freedom | 第50-52页 |
| 5.3 Reconstructing the Culture of the Colored People | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Six: Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Works Cited | 第56-59页 |
| Publication | 第59页 |
