| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Chinese Synopsis | 第5-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One Eva--a Culture-bearer of African American Woman | 第15-25页 |
| 1 Ship and Harbor | 第15-16页 |
| 2 Social Background of the Novel | 第16-18页 |
| 3 Eva is a Matriarch | 第18-21页 |
| 4 Eva is a Woman Who Keeps Black Female Tradition | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Two Sula--a Failed Feminist | 第25-35页 |
| 1 Sula's Characters | 第25-28页 |
| 2 Sula Seeks Self-identity | 第28-32页 |
| (1) Quest for self out of the black community | 第28-29页 |
| (2) Quest for self in the black community | 第29-32页 |
| 3 Sula seeks Self-identity in Sexual Intercourse | 第32-33页 |
| 4 Sula's Language Asserts Herself | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Nel--a Woman Who Sticks to Black Culture | 第35-42页 |
| 1 Nel in Her Girlhood | 第35-36页 |
| 2 Nel's Self-definition | 第36-38页 |
| 3 Nel in Her Womanhood | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Four Two Women Representing One Whole | 第42-54页 |
| 1 Sula and Nel--the Dual Nature of Women | 第42-45页 |
| 2 Origin of Sula's Tragedy | 第45-50页 |
| 3 The Possible Solution | 第50-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| Notes | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
