| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Part 1: Introduction | 第7-17页 |
| ·Research Purpose | 第7页 |
| ·Research Background | 第7-15页 |
| ·Study on Beloved in the west | 第8-13页 |
| ·Study on Beloved in China | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research Project | 第15-16页 |
| ·Originality | 第16-17页 |
| Part 2: Motherhood | 第17-27页 |
| ·A Story Inspired by the Motherhood in Reality | 第17-18页 |
| ·African American Motherhood | 第18-23页 |
| ·Morrison's View on Motherhood | 第23-27页 |
| Part 3: Deformed Motherhood in Beloved | 第27-58页 |
| ·Daughter-Mother Relationship in the Novel | 第27-31页 |
| ·Causes for Deformed Motherhood | 第31-58页 |
| ·Deprivation of the Nurturing Nature | 第31-34页 |
| ·Abandonment of Sethe by her Mother | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Slavery Background | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Influence of Community on Motherhood | 第38-58页 |
| ·The Two-Sidedness of Black Community | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Community's Exclusion of Sethe | 第43-48页 |
| ·The Significance of Sisterhood | 第48-52页 |
| ·An Important Aspect of Community—Men's Role | 第52-58页 |
| Part 4: Conclusion | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
