| 内容提要 | 第1-5页 |
| Synopsis | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Symbolic Meanings of the Characters and Settings | 第12-27页 |
| ·Symbolic Meanings of the Characters | 第12-21页 |
| ·Symbolic Meanings of the Settings | 第21-27页 |
| Chapter Two Symbolic Meanings of the Non-human World and Its Functions | 第27-37页 |
| ·Symbolic Meanings of the Things in Nature | 第27-33页 |
| ·The Unnaturalness of the Characters in Contrast with the Nature | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter Three Symbolic Meanings of the Title “Tar Baby” | 第37-48页 |
| ·Symbolic Meanings of the Element —“Tar” | 第38-40页 |
| ·Symbolic Meanings Underlying the Tar Baby Tale | 第40-48页 |
| Conclusion | 第48-53页 |
| References | 第53-56页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第56-60页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第60-66页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第66-67页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第67页 |
