| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Abstract in English | 第9-10页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to Toni Morrison and Her Literary Achievements | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Introduction to A Mercy | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第14-20页 |
| 1.3.1 Previous Studies on A Mercy Abroad | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3.2 Previous Studies on A Mercy at Home | 第16-18页 |
| 1.3.3 Innovative Points in the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| 2 Ethical Literary Criticism | 第20-27页 |
| 2.1 Definition and Development of Ethical Literary Criticism | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Ethical Environment in Ethical Literary Criticism | 第23-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition and Connotation of Ethical Environment | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Ethical Environment in the Novel | 第24-27页 |
| 3 Disordered Ethical Environment in A Mercy from the Perspective of Ethical LiteraryCriticism | 第27-40页 |
| 3.1 Disordered Ethical Order in A Mercy | 第27-32页 |
| 3.1.1 Family Ethics — Abandonment and Separation | 第27-31页 |
| 3.1.2 Interpersonal Ethics —Alienation and Indifference | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 The Absence of Ethical Identity in A Mercy | 第32-36页 |
| 3.2.1 Minham?e — Discarding Mother Identity | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.2 Lina — Losing Cultural Identity | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2.3 Florence — Lacking Self-identity | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3 Reasons for the Emergence of Disordered Ethical Environment | 第36-40页 |
| 3.3.1 Suffering from Slavery | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3.2 Stuck in White-dominated Culture | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3.3 Oppressed in Patriarchal Society | 第38-40页 |
| 4 Construction of Ethical Environment in A Mercy from the Perspective of Ethical LiteraryCriticism | 第40-50页 |
| 4.1 Construction of Ethical Order | 第40-44页 |
| 4.1.1 The Return of Family Ethics | 第41-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Construction of Interpersonal Ethics | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 The Pursuit of Ethical Identity | 第44-50页 |
| 4.2.1 Minham?e — Confessing to Her Daughter | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Lina — Pursuing Her Cultural Identity Gradually | 第46-47页 |
| 4.2.3 Florence — Analyzing Her Self-identity and Writing on the Wall | 第47-50页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52-53页 |
| References | 第53-55页 |
| Papers Published in the Period of Ph.M. Education | 第55页 |
