Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
摘要 | 第6-7页 |
ABSTRACT | 第7-10页 |
Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第10-22页 |
·Barbara Kingsolver and The Bean Trees | 第10-13页 |
·Postcolonialism and American Multiculturalism | 第13-17页 |
·Literature Review | 第17-20页 |
·Thesis Statement | 第20-22页 |
Chapter Two THE MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY REFLECTED IN UNTRADITIONAL FAMILIES | 第22-34页 |
·Deracination and Displacement from Home: Loss of Home for Native Americans | 第23-27页 |
·Illegal Immigration: Loss of Home for Immigrants | 第27-31页 |
·Traps of Multiculturalism | 第31-34页 |
Chapter Three REDEFINING FAMILY: DECONSTRUCTION OF TRADITIONAL FAMILY VALUES | 第34-45页 |
·Belittling Blood Relationships | 第35-40页 |
·The Unhappy Kindred Family: Newt Hardbine’s and Jolene Shanks’ Families | 第36-38页 |
·The Happy Adoptive Family: Turtle’s Family | 第38-40页 |
·“Wisteria & Rhizobia”: Mutual Support | 第40-45页 |
·Reconstituted Family: Lou Ann and Taylor’s Family | 第41-42页 |
·The Unconventional White Family: Edna and Virgie Mae’s Family | 第42-45页 |
Chapter Four “TO SHARE HARMONIOUS SPACE”: POSSIBILITIES AND PARADOXES | 第45-58页 |
·Locating Oneself in the Multicultural Society | 第46-51页 |
·Seeking the “Head Rights”: Taylor | 第46-48页 |
·Seeking to Belong: Estevan and Esperanza | 第48-50页 |
·Seeking the Self: Lou Ann | 第50-51页 |
·Literary Construction of “Together in Difference” | 第51-56页 |
·Internal Focalization | 第52-53页 |
·Journey Narrative | 第53-54页 |
·Symbolism | 第54-56页 |
·The Happy Ending: a Paradox | 第56-58页 |
Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第58-60页 |
WORKS CITED | 第60-63页 |
Appendix 攻读学位期间发表的论文 | 第63-64页 |