| Acknowledgements | 第3-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-24页 |
| Chapter One Carnivalistic Characterization--Paired Images in Song of Solomon | 第24-46页 |
| 1.1 Carnival Doubles | 第25-33页 |
| 1.1.1 Ruth and Hagar: Victims of the Patriarchal Society | 第25-30页 |
| 1.1.2 Lena and Corinthians: Weak Voice against the Patriarchal Power | 第30-33页 |
| 1.2 Carnival Contrasts | 第33-46页 |
| 1.2.1 Macon and Pilate: The“Whitened”Soul versus Black Soul | 第33-40页 |
| 1.2.2 Milkman and Guitar: Inheritor versus Strayer of Black Culture | 第40-46页 |
| Chapter Two Carnivalistic Acts in Song of Solomon | 第46-62页 |
| 2.1 Crowning and Decrowning | 第46-55页 |
| 2.1.1 Decrowning of Macon Dead | 第47-51页 |
| 2.1.2 Crowning of Henry Porter | 第51-55页 |
| 2.2 Carnival Death | 第55-62页 |
| 2.2.1 The Carnival Death of Robert Smith | 第56-59页 |
| 2.2.2 The Carnival Death of Singing Dead | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Three Carnival Spirits in Song of Solomon | 第62-82页 |
| 3.1 Spirit of Subversion | 第62-70页 |
| 3.1.1 Subversion of African Flying Mythology | 第62-66页 |
| 3.1.2 Subversion of American Dream | 第66-70页 |
| 3.2 Spirit of Renewal | 第70-82页 |
| 3.2.1 Renewal of the Images of Black Women | 第71-76页 |
| 3.2.2 Renewal of the Status of Black Culture | 第76-82页 |
| Conclusion | 第82-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-91页 |
