| 摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Part One Introduction | 第8-19页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Navarre Scott Momaday and House Made of Dawn | 第8-10页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第10-15页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Framework of This Study | 第15-19页 |
| 1.3.1 Narrative Time, Repetition, and Narrators | 第15-18页 |
| 1.3.2 The Postcolonial Concept of Hegemony | 第18-19页 |
| Part Two The Application of Circular Narrative in House Made of Dawn | 第19-30页 |
| 2.1 American Indians' Traditional Belief in the "Circle" | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Circular Narrative Reflected in House Made of Dawn | 第21-30页 |
| 2.2.1 The Circular Structure of the Story Time and the Narrative Time of House Made of Dawn | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2.2 The Circular Structure of Plots Design | 第23-27页 |
| 2.2.3 The Repetition of Momaday's Diction | 第27-30页 |
| Part Three The Application of Oral Narrative in House Made of Dawn | 第30-44页 |
| 3.1 The American Indian Oral Tradition and Momaday's Appreciation of It | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2 The Subject Matter of American Indian Oral Tradition Reflected in House Made of Dawn | 第32-35页 |
| 3.2.1 The Theme of Land Worship | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.2 The Use of Metaphor to Satire the White Immigrant | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3 Markers of Oral Narrative in House Made of Dawn | 第35-37页 |
| 3.4 The Oral Narrators in House Made of Dawn | 第37-44页 |
| 3.4.1 The Oral Narrator as the Reminder of the Tribal Past | 第38-40页 |
| 3.4.2 The Oral Narrator as the Challenger of the White and Their Language | 第40-42页 |
| 3.4.3 The Oral Narrator as the Spiritual Guide | 第42-44页 |
| Part Four The Significance of the Circular Narrative and Oral Narrative | 第44-49页 |
| 4.1 The Resistance of Hegemonic Discourse and Restoration of the Native Image with an Independent Identity | 第44-48页 |
| 4.2 Highlighting of the Theme of American Indian Cultural Revival | 第48-49页 |
| Part Five Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54页 |
