| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-14页 |
| ·A brief introduction of American-Jewish Literature | 第7-8页 |
| ·Saul Bellow and his writing | 第8-10页 |
| ·An introduction of Dangling Man | 第10-13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework and Some Key Concepts | 第14-21页 |
| ·Theoretical framework-post-colonialism | 第14页 |
| ·Some key concepts | 第14-21页 |
| Chapter Three Influences of Mainstream Ideology | 第21-31页 |
| ·The cause of identity crisis | 第21页 |
| ·The way ideology functions | 第21-31页 |
| Chapter Four Joseph's Ethnic Consciousness | 第31-40页 |
| ·Awareness of physical difference | 第31-34页 |
| ·Childhood memory of slum life experiences | 第34-36页 |
| ·Reflection on the Holocaust | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第40-46页 |
| ·Bellow's opinions on location of cultural identity | 第40-43页 |
| ·The novel's illumination on today's world | 第43-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-49页 |