| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·Toni Morrison and A Mercy | 第11-15页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| ·Structure and Significance of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter One Feasibility of Applying “Defamiliarization” to A Mercy | 第21-35页 |
| ·Introduction to the Theory of “Defamiliarization” | 第21-27页 |
| ·Definition of “Defamiliarization” | 第21-23页 |
| ·Origin and Development of Defamiliarization | 第23-27页 |
| ·Applying Defamiliarization to A Mercy | 第27-35页 |
| ·Methods to Realize the Defamiliarize in Literature | 第27-30页 |
| ·Similarities between “Defamiliarization” and Toni Morrison’s View of Art | 第30-35页 |
| Chapter Two Defamiliarization of Textual Factors in Morrison’s A Mercy | 第35-59页 |
| ·Defamiliarized Narrative Strategies in A Mercy | 第35-50页 |
| ·The Dislocated Time in A Mercy | 第35-40页 |
| ·The Different Focalizations in A Mercy | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Variable Narrative Discourses in A Mercy | 第44-50页 |
| ·Defamiliarized Language in A Mercy | 第50-59页 |
| ·The Spectacular Metaphor | 第50-54页 |
| ·The Spectacular Imagery | 第54-59页 |
| Chapter Three Artistic Effect of Defamiliarization in A Mercy | 第59-71页 |
| ·The Significance of Defamiliarization in Literature | 第59-61页 |
| ·The Artistic Values of Defamilirization in A Mercy | 第61-71页 |
| ·Uniqueness of the Works | 第61-64页 |
| ·Responses of the Reader | 第64-71页 |
| Conclusion | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-78页 |
