| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.Morrison's Literary Achievements | 第12-13页 |
| 2.A Brief Review of Sula | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter One Literary Background | 第17-33页 |
| ·Black Literature and Black Feminism | 第17-23页 |
| ·The Long Process of Evolution of American Black Literature—From Margin to Centre | 第17-19页 |
| ·Black Feminism—the Complement and Amendment of Feminism | 第19-23页 |
| ·Toni Morrison's Life Experiences and Writing Objectives | 第23-28页 |
| ·Toni Morrison's Life Experiences | 第23-25页 |
| ·Morrison's Writing Objectives | 第25-28页 |
| ·Bottom--The Special Setting in Sula | 第28-33页 |
| ·The influence of Morrison's Birthplace—Lorain,Ohio in Her Fiction Creation | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Importance of the Black Community—Bottom in Sula | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Two The Lonely Experimentalist Searching for Self and Friendship | 第33-47页 |
| ·Sula's Searching for Self | 第34-39页 |
| ·The Interdependent Relationship between Sula and the Community | 第35-37页 |
| ·Influence of Sula's Grandmother and Mother on Her Formation of Selfness | 第37-39页 |
| ·Sula's Experimental Life | 第39-42页 |
| ·Sula's Searching for Friendship | 第42-45页 |
| ·Friendship—The Treasure between Black Women | 第43-44页 |
| ·Nel's Painful Awakening to Selfness and Friendship | 第44-45页 |
| ·Sula's Failure in Self-searching | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Three The Traditional Black Mother Struggling for Survival | 第47-54页 |
| ·A Brave Mother Searching for Survival | 第47-51页 |
| ·An Independent Wife Searching for Dignity | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations | 第52-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| Publications | 第62-63页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第63页 |
