| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| ·A Review of Pearl S.Buck and The Good Earth | 第10-13页 |
| ·A Review of Amy Tan and The Joy Luck Club | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research Objective of This Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Riddle of Outsider in Marginal Cultural Environment | 第18-24页 |
| ·Identification of Marginal Man in a Social Community | 第18-19页 |
| ·Pearl S.Buck—an Embarrassing Activist between China and America | 第19-21页 |
| ·Amy Tan's Confusion and Choice | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Chinese Images and Chinese Traditions in Others' Eyes | 第24-44页 |
| ·Imagology and Chinese Images in History | 第24-30页 |
| ·Imagology | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Stereotype of Chinese Images | 第26-30页 |
| ·A Compromise between Self and Other—Chinese Image under Buck's Pen | 第30-37页 |
| ·Chinese Traditional Social Customs and Practices in The Good Earth | 第31-34页 |
| ·Earth—Continuity of Life for all Human Beings | 第34-36页 |
| ·Chinese Image—a Collected Imagination | 第36-37页 |
| ·A Confusing Self—Chinese Image Portrayed by Amy Tan | 第37-44页 |
| ·Chinese Culture in The Joy Luck Club | 第37-40页 |
| ·Chinese Image—Patchwork Made by Mothers' Memories | 第40-41页 |
| ·Talk Story—Self Narration in Group Vexed Description | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Chinese Image Reinvention in Heterogeneous Cultural Communication Context | 第44-52页 |
| ·Contemporary Heterogeneous Cultural Context | 第44-47页 |
| ·Cultural Relativism and Cross-cultural Communication | 第47-49页 |
| ·Chinese Image Reinvention | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Works Cited | 第55-58页 |
| Published Paper during MA Study | 第58页 |
