| Acknowledgements | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第9-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Toni Morrison as an Innovator of the Literary Images of theAfrican American | 第12-27页 |
| 1.1 From Stereotypes to Human Beings: Evolving African-American Images inAmerican History and Literature | 第12-17页 |
| 1.2 Toni Morrison’s Peculiarity in Characterizing the African American | 第17-22页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter Two Bygone Images of the African American in American Literature: A Retrospective View in Pre-Morrison Era | 第27-45页 |
| 2.1 Images of Ideal Servants | 第27-34页 |
| 2.2 Images of Ignorant Slaves | 第34-39页 |
| 2.3 Images of Violent Blacks | 第39-45页 |
| Chapter Three Toni Morrison’s Subversion of Traditional Characterization ofthe African American and Its Significance | 第45-65页 |
| 3.1 Images of Rebellious Slaves | 第45-50页 |
| 3.2 Images of the Lost and the Inheritor | 第50-55页 |
| 3.3 Images of the Liberated Women | 第55-60页 |
| 3.4 Images of Indeterminate Characters | 第60-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| Notes | 第67-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-75页 |
| Appendix | 第75-76页 |
| 本人硕士在读期间论文发表情况 | 第76页 |
