| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| 1.1 General introduction to the achievements of Toni Morrison and A Mercy | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 Trauma theory | 第15-17页 |
| 1.4 Significance and structure of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Causes of Trauma | 第19-24页 |
| 2.1 Historiacl and cultural background | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Racism | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Sexism | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 Loss of home, pain from childhood and absence of love | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Features and Representation of Traumas | 第24-42页 |
| 3.1 Traumatic relationship between black mother and daughter | 第24-29页 |
| 3.1.1 Mother's helpless choice | 第24-26页 |
| 3.1.2 Daughter's psychological trauma | 第26-29页 |
| 3.2 Injured relationship between black woman and man | 第29-35页 |
| 3.2.1 Being insulted by white men | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2.2 Being oppressed by black men | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2.3 Being disabled in seeking for romantic love | 第32-35页 |
| 3.3 Incompatible relationship between black woman and society | 第35-38页 |
| 3.3.1 Being discriminated in mainstream white culture | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3.2 Being marginalized in black community | 第37-38页 |
| 3.4 Conflicting relationship between black woman and herself | 第38-42页 |
| 3.4.1 Seeking for sense of security by depending on others | 第38-39页 |
| 3.4.2 Failure of security seeking and loss of selfhood | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Four Strategies of Construction of Identity and Self-recovery | 第42-45页 |
| 4.1 Narrating and speaking out maternal love | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2 Seeking for love, re-memorizing and writing | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Works Cited | 第47-51页 |
| Publications | 第51页 |
