| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-13页 |
| ·Development of African American Literature | 第7-9页 |
| ·The Position of Invisible Man | 第9页 |
| ·The Realistic Meaning of Studying the Novel | 第9-11页 |
| ·The Organization of this Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literary Review | 第13-19页 |
| ·Introduction to Ellison | 第13-14页 |
| ·Introduction to this Novel | 第14-19页 |
| ·The Background | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Plot | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Main Theme | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Support | 第19-25页 |
| ·An Introduction to Post-colonialism | 第19-20页 |
| ·Some Views of Post-colonialism | 第20-25页 |
| ·Fanon’s Views | 第20-21页 |
| ·Said’s Orientalism | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Notion of the “Other” | 第22-23页 |
| ·Homi Bhabha and “Third Space” | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Four Experiences in Pursuit of Identity | 第25-39页 |
| ·The Protagonist’s Life Experiences | 第25-28页 |
| ·As a Student in the South | 第25-26页 |
| ·As a Worker at the Liberty Paints Plant and a Patient at the Plant Hospital | 第26-27页 |
| ·As a Spokesman for the Brotherhood | 第27-28页 |
| ·As an Invisible Man in the Underground | 第28页 |
| ·Psychological Experiences in Search for Identity | 第28-39页 |
| ·Ignorance | 第29-32页 |
| ·Realization | 第32-35页 |
| ·Awakening | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Five The Other in Invisible Man | 第39-53页 |
| ·Racial Other | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Historical Background | 第39-40页 |
| ·Black identity as the Other | 第40-43页 |
| ·Cultural Other | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Concept of Cultural Other | 第43-44页 |
| ·Black Culture as the Other | 第44-45页 |
| ·Identical Other | 第45-53页 |
| ·Social Identity as the Other | 第46-48页 |
| ·Cultural Identity as the Other | 第48-50页 |
| ·Psychological Identity as the Other | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-59页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第59-61页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第61-62页 |
