| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-8页 |
| Preface in Chinese | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ An Introduction: Alice Walker and the Epistolary Genre | 第14-21页 |
| A. Alice Walker and The Color Purple | 第14-15页 |
| B. The History of the Epistolary Genre | 第15-21页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ The Epistolary Narrative Strategy | 第21-32页 |
| A. The Restoration of the Slave Narrative | 第21-23页 |
| B. The Subversion of the Traditional Slave Narrative | 第23-27页 |
| C. The Epistolary Narrative Strategy in The Color Purple | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Epistolary Narrative Strategy and the Female Voice | 第32-43页 |
| A. The Writing of Celie's Voice | 第32-35页 |
| B. The Illustration of Celie's Growth | 第35-39页 |
| C. The Womanist Thought | 第39-43页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Conclusion | 第43-44页 |
| Works Cited | 第44-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-48页 |
