| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Introduction to Alice Walker and The Color Purple | 第10-13页 |
| ·The significance of this thesis | 第13-16页 |
| 2. Feminist Criticism, Black Feminist Criticism and Womanism | 第16-29页 |
| ·The development of Feminist Criticism and its theoretical overview | 第16-17页 |
| ·The emergence and development of Black Feminist Criticism | 第17-18页 |
| ·Alice Walker's Womanism | 第18-26页 |
| ·Anti-sexism | 第19-21页 |
| ·Anti-racism | 第21-23页 |
| ·Afracentrism: the review of Afro-American history and culture | 第23-25页 |
| ·Humanism: the principle of love and forgiveness | 第25-26页 |
| ·A comparison between feminism and womanism | 第26-29页 |
| 3. Celie's Suffering from Double Oppression | 第29-34页 |
| ·Racial oppression upon Celie | 第29-31页 |
| ·Sexual discrimination upon Celie | 第31-34页 |
| 4. Celie's Awakening of Black Female Self-consciousness | 第34-39页 |
| ·Recognizing self-awareness as a black woman: writing to herself | 第34-35页 |
| ·Doubting the authority of God: challenging against patriarchal tyranny | 第35-36页 |
| ·The awakening of sexual consciousness: the influence of black sisterhood | 第36-39页 |
| 5. Celie's Exploration for Womanism | 第39-55页 |
| ·The womanist self-recognition as a whole woman | 第39-45页 |
| ·Searching for African traditions and female culture | 第39-43页 |
| ·Establishment of a new male-female relationship | 第43-45页 |
| ·The womanist exploration for familial and social independence | 第45-49页 |
| ·Familial independence | 第45-48页 |
| ·Social independence | 第48-49页 |
| ·The womanist exploration for spiritual independence | 第49-55页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
