| 摘要 | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 中文文摘 | 第4-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-24页 |
| ·The Development of Chinese American Literature and the Identity-Seeking | 第8-15页 |
| ·Gish Jen and Her Search for Identity | 第15-21页 |
| ·The Scope of the Dissertation | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two Homi Bhabha and His Concepts of Hybridity and Third Space | 第24-34页 |
| ·Postcolonialism and Its Basic Tenets | 第24-26页 |
| ·Homi Bhabha's Postcolonial Theory | 第26-34页 |
| Chapter Three The Transformation of Identity in Typical American | 第34-52页 |
| ·Patterns of Identity Construction in Chinese Americans | 第34-37页 |
| ·Shifting Patterns of Identity Construction as Dramatized in Typical American | 第37-52页 |
| Chapter Four Constructing Chinese American Identity in Third Space | 第52-64页 |
| ·Subverting Ethnic Binaries in Third Space | 第53-57页 |
| ·Jen's Writing Strategies of Constructing Chinese American Identity in Third Space | 第57-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| References | 第68-70页 |
| 攻读学位期间承担的科研任务与主要成果 | 第70-72页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第72-74页 |
| 个人简历 | 第74页 |