| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第3-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第12-23页 |
| 1.1 Main Critical Responses to Louise Erdrich's Novels | 第12-17页 |
| 1.2 Research on The Round House | 第17-20页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Basis of the Thesis | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Two The Round House and Its Initiation Theme | 第23-32页 |
| 2.1 The Definition of Initiation Story | 第23-27页 |
| 2.2 Features of Initiation Story | 第27-29页 |
| 2.3 The Round House as a Modernist Bildungsroman | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three Initiation Inclemency of American Indian Adolescents | 第32-40页 |
| 3.1 The Confusion of Cultural Conflicts | 第32-36页 |
| 3.1.1 Double Consciousness | 第32-34页 |
| 3.1.2 The Duality of Worldview and Religion | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2 American Indians under Racial Discrimination | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3 The Conflicts of Tribal Law and Federal Law | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four Ethnicized Initiation Process of Joe | 第40-53页 |
| 4.1 Self-awakening in Tribal Community | 第41-45页 |
| 4.1.1 The Awakening of Uniqueness of Self | 第42-43页 |
| 4.1.2 The Perception of Ethnic Identity | 第43-44页 |
| 4.1.3 The Pursuit of Self-determination | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2 Self-discovery by Rites and Spirituality | 第45-49页 |
| 4.2.1 Catholic Church: Pragmatic Tool | 第46-47页 |
| 4.2.2 Indian Ceremony:Redemptive Method | 第47-49页 |
| 4.3 Self-envision Through Keeping Balance | 第49-53页 |
| 4.3.1 Reconciling Self to Community | 第49-51页 |
| 4.3.2 Remolding the Experience of Marginality | 第51-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-54页 |
| Notes | 第54-55页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第55-62页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第62-64页 |
