| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Maya Angelou and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2.1 Literature review abroad | 第14-16页 |
| 1.2.2 Literature review in China | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Research task and thesis structure | 第17-19页 |
| 2. Caged Bird:Black Girl in the American Society | 第19-29页 |
| 2.1 Black girl caged in racism | 第19-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Severe segregation between the white and black | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Unfair treatment by the white | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.3 Deprivation of proper education conditions and job opportunities | 第23-24页 |
| 2.1.4 Denial of black identity | 第24页 |
| 2.2 Black girl caged in male-dominance | 第24-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Victim of paternal incest | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2.2 Lack of discourse power | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3 Black girl caged in self-loathing | 第27-29页 |
| 3. Singing Bird:Black Girl in Construction of Self-identity | 第29-39页 |
| 3.1 Black girl as a human | 第29-33页 |
| 3.1.1 Walking out of trauma | 第30页 |
| 3.1.2 Awareness of self-uniqueness | 第30-31页 |
| 3.1.3 Realization of self-worth | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2 Black girl as an African American | 第33-36页 |
| 3.2.1 Resistance to racism | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.2 Acceptance of black identity | 第34-36页 |
| 3.3 Black girl as a female | 第36-39页 |
| 3.3.1 Re-examination of the female body | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3.2 Embracing of motherhood | 第37-39页 |
| 4. Bird out of the Cage:Black Girl's Strategy for Survival | 第39-45页 |
| 4.1 Spiritual freedom over social cage | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2 Spiritual freedom as a strategy for survival | 第43-45页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-49页 |
