| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-21页 |
| 0.1 August Wilson's Fences and Arthur Miller's Death of A Salesman | 第10-17页 |
| 0.2 Theories and Themes of Domestic Realism and Black Aesthetics in American Theatre | 第17-20页 |
| 0.3 Layout of the Thesis | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter One: Similar Representations of Domestic Dysfunction | 第21-33页 |
| 1.1 Displaced Hero in Marginal Area | 第21-26页 |
| 1.2 Shadowing Father-son Tension | 第26-30页 |
| 1.3 Reconciled Death Ending | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Two: Different Treatments of the Dysfunctional Families in Light of American Social Conditions | 第33-47页 |
| 2.1 Different Causation and Results of Displacement | 第33-37页 |
| 2.2 Varied Driving Forces for Father-son Tension | 第37-44页 |
| 2.3 Reborn Hope After Death in Fences | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Three: Aesthetic and Sociological Interpretations of the Black Family in Fences | 第47-58页 |
| 3.1 Troy's Oral Narratives | 第47-51页 |
| 3.2 Gabriel's Afro-centric Blues | 第51-55页 |
| 3.3 Afro-American History as Fences | 第55-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-67页 |
