| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| I. In troduction | 第10-12页 |
| A. Significance of the Research Project | 第10-12页 |
| B. Thesis Statement | 第12页 |
| II. Invisible Man’s Identity Quest | 第12-32页 |
| A. Anxiety | 第13-21页 |
| 1. Collapse of illusions | 第13-19页 |
| a. Collapse of the illusion of authority and education | 第13-16页 |
| b. Collapse of the illusion of integration | 第16-17页 |
| c. Collapse of the illusion of equality and freedom | 第17-19页 |
| 2. Consciousness of invisibility | 第19-21页 |
| B. Self-deception | 第21-28页 |
| 1. Subtle manifestation -- to escape from reality | 第22-25页 |
| 2. Obvious manifestation -- to escape from his true self | 第25-28页 |
| C. Self-awareness | 第28-32页 |
| 1. Conscious of his true self | 第28-30页 |
| 2. Acceptance of his true self | 第30-32页 |
| III. Techniques to Highlight His Identity Quest | 第32-47页 |
| A. Functioning of Blues | 第32-41页 |
| 1. Mimicking the path | 第33-35页 |
| 2. Mimicking internal flow of emotions | 第35-41页 |
| a. “Call-and-response”in dialogues | 第36-37页 |
| b. “Call-and-response”in non-dialogue scenes | 第37-39页 |
| c. “Call-and-Response”in the double voices of the narrator | 第39-41页 |
| B. Intertextuality | 第41-47页 |
| 1. Foreshadowing the future course | 第41-45页 |
| a. The metaphor of running | 第41-43页 |
| b. Brer Dog and Brer Rabbit | 第43-45页 |
| 2. Suggesting traits of the protagonist through parallels | 第45-47页 |
| a. Parallel between the protagonist and Brer Bear | 第45-46页 |
| b. Parallel between the protagonist and Rabbit | 第46-47页 |
| IV. Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Works Cited | 第49-50页 |
