| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract (English version) | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract (Chinese version) | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| ·Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Ralph Ellison's Life | 第12-14页 |
| ·Ralph Ellison's View of Art | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Landmark Novel | 第15-17页 |
| ·Literature Review of Invisible Man | 第17-20页 |
| ·Creativity and Organization of the Present Thesis | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Two Social Background and Ralph Ellison's Status | 第21-30页 |
| ·Social Background in 1950s | 第21-24页 |
| ·Ralph Ellison's Ingenuity and the New Image in Afro-American Literature | 第24-30页 |
| ·Ralph Ellison's Ingenuity | 第24-27页 |
| ·New Image in Afro-American literature | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three Loss of Identity | 第30-48页 |
| ·The Narrator's Servility in His Early Years | 第31-35页 |
| ·Anti-black Racism as an Obstacle to Blacks' Identity | 第35-41页 |
| ·Other Three Categories of Afro-Americans Who Lost Themselves | 第41-48页 |
| ·Masked Blacks | 第42-43页 |
| ·Post-Slavery Blacks | 第43-45页 |
| ·Radical Blacks | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four Search for Identity | 第48-57页 |
| ·His Awakening | 第48-52页 |
| ·His Freedom | 第52-54页 |
| ·His Responsibility | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-60页 |
