| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Analysis of Two Major Male Characters | 第16-53页 |
| 1.1 Joe Christmas: A tragic Hero | 第16-42页 |
| 1.1.1 Mythological Reference of Joe Christmas | 第16-18页 |
| 1.1.2 Joe Christmas in Tragedy | 第18-34页 |
| 1.1.2.1 Christmas with the Female World | 第19-29页 |
| 1.1.2.2 Christmas with the Male World | 第29-34页 |
| 1.1.3 Cause and Effect of Christmas's Tragedy | 第34-42页 |
| 1.2 Gail Hightower: A Slave of Daydreams | 第42-53页 |
| 1.2.1 Phantoms of the Past Memory | 第42-47页 |
| 1.2.2 A Tri-step towards Reconciliation | 第47-53页 |
| Chapter 2 Thematic Concerns | 第53-61页 |
| 2.1 Race and the Opposition between the Blackness and Whiteness | 第53-55页 |
| 2.2 Race and the Community | 第55-61页 |
| Chapter 3 Narrative Techniques | 第61-72页 |
| 3.1 Flashback | 第62-63页 |
| 3.2 Narrative Voices | 第63-65页 |
| 3.3 The Parallel Narration of Lena Grove and Joe Christmas | 第65-72页 |
| Conclusion | 第72-83页 |
