| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter Two History in Beloved | 第17-29页 |
| A. Importance of Historical Consciousness | 第17-21页 |
| B. Scenes of Inspiration | 第21-26页 |
| 1 Margaret Garner Case | 第22-24页 |
| 2 Dying Girl in a Picture | 第24-26页 |
| C. Towards Beloved:Margaret Garner | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three Morrison's Hybrid View of History in Beloved | 第29-39页 |
| A. Beloved in the Context of Postmodemism | 第29-30页 |
| B. Beloved:a Hybrid Postmodem Novel | 第30-39页 |
| 1 'History' and 'history' | 第31-32页 |
| 2 Historical Deconstruction | 第32-34页 |
| 3 Historical Reconstruction Through Representation | 第34-36页 |
| 4 Historical Representation with Holes | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four Rewriting the Slave Narrative | 第39-51页 |
| A. Traditional Slave Narrative | 第39-43页 |
| 1 Aggrandizement of White Power | 第40-41页 |
| 2 Catering to the White Audience | 第41-42页 |
| 3 Action-oriented Narrative Structure and Limited Point of View | 第42-43页 |
| B. Morrison's Project of Rewriting the Traditional Slave Narrative | 第43-51页 |
| 1 Narrative Structure and Point of View in Beloved | 第43-44页 |
| 2 Description of White Power in Beloved | 第44-47页 |
| 3 Historical Exploration in Depth | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter Five Voice and Narrative Authority | 第51-63页 |
| A. Absence of Voice | 第51-53页 |
| B. The Attainment of Voice | 第53-56页 |
| C. Hearing the Voice | 第56-60页 |
| D. Narrative Authority | 第60-63页 |
| Chapter Six Historical Recovery | 第63-72页 |
| A. Baby Suggs and Rituals of Healing | 第64-66页 |
| B. Beloved:an Embodiment of the Past | 第66-68页 |
| C. Sethe's Healing | 第68-69页 |
| D. Denver Between Freedom and Slavery | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| Notes | 第75-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-82页 |