| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-22页 |
| 1.1 Louise Erdrich and Love Medicine | 第10-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| 1.3 Research Task, Method and Thesis Structure | 第19-22页 |
| 2. The Survival Predicament of Native Americans in Love Medicine | 第22-38页 |
| 2.1 The Loss of Land:Disconnection with Reservation and Family Unit | 第22-26页 |
| 2.2 The Loss of Native Tradition:Alienation from Community | 第26-34页 |
| 2.2.1 The Loss of Native Language and the Native Heritage | 第26-30页 |
| 2.2.2 Religious Crisis and Spiritual Dilemma | 第30-34页 |
| 2.3 Racial Discrimination and Social Exclusion | 第34-38页 |
| 3. Different Attitudes towards Survival Predicament in the Novel | 第38-46页 |
| 3.1 Positive Facing with Survival Predicament | 第38-41页 |
| 3.2 Negative Escaping from Survival Predicament | 第41-43页 |
| 3.3 Wandering In-Between | 第43-46页 |
| 4. Love as Medicine:Erdrich's Strategies for Survival | 第46-60页 |
| 4.1 Family and Community as Healing Place | 第47-50页 |
| 4.2 Storytelling and Bilingualism as Healing Technique | 第50-55页 |
| 4.3 Survival Humor in Modern Society | 第55-60页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69-71页 |
