| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter One Conventional Commentary of Dust Tracks on a Road and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 第16-35页 |
| ·Commentary: An Overview | 第16-19页 |
| ·Specific and Embedded Commentaries and Racial Pride | 第19-29页 |
| ·General Commentaries and Self Representation | 第29-35页 |
| Chapter Two Unconventional Commentary of Dust Tracks on a Road and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 第35-49页 |
| ·Use of Footnotes and Parentheses as Commentary | 第35-41页 |
| ·Use of Epigraphs and Subtitles as Commentary | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Contrasting Structures as Commentary | 第43-49页 |
| Chapter Three Reasons for Difference | 第49-57页 |
| ·Textual Identity | 第50-53页 |
| ·Editorial Censorship | 第53-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-66页 |