| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| 1.1 Evolution of Chinese American Poetry | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Brief Introduction to John Yau and His Poetry | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第15-18页 |
| 1.4 The Focus and Layout of the Study | 第18-19页 |
| 1.5 Research Significance | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Chinese American Images in John Yau's Poetry | 第20-25页 |
| 2.1 Unassimilable and Uncontainable Chinese American Images | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Chinese Americans' Lack of Knowledge on Chinese | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Motivations to Build Chinese American Images | 第25-31页 |
| 3.1 Misinterpreted Chinese American images in American mainstream culture | 第25-27页 |
| 3.2 Necessity to combat the Negative Images | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter 4 Techniques Employed to Construct Chinese American Images in JohnYau's Poetry | 第31-44页 |
| 4.1 Postmodernism in Subverting Stereotypes | 第31-38页 |
| 4.2 Emphasizing on Wordplay and Ungrammatical Syntax | 第38-41页 |
| 4.3 Parody of English Language to Combat Stereotypes | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46页 |
