| 摘要 | 第4-5页 | 
| Abstract | 第5页 | 
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-12页 | 
|     1.1 Brief introduction of Kathryn Stockett and The Help | 第8-9页 | 
|     1.2 Purposes of the study | 第9-10页 | 
|     1.3 Significance of the study | 第10页 | 
|     1.4 Research questions | 第10-11页 | 
|     1.5 Research approach and data collection | 第11页 | 
|     1.6 Structure of the thesis | 第11-12页 | 
| Chapter 2 Literature review | 第12-16页 | 
|     2.1 Overseas studies of The Help | 第12-13页 | 
|     2.2 Domestic studies of The Help | 第13-16页 | 
| Chapter 3 Theoretical framework | 第16-27页 | 
|     3.1 Critical discourse analysis | 第16-19页 | 
|         3.1.1 Introduction of CDA | 第16-17页 | 
|         3.1.2 Important concepts in CDA and their relations | 第17-19页 | 
|             3.1.2.1 Discourse, power and ideology | 第18-19页 | 
|             3.1.2.2 Relations among discourse, power and ideology | 第19页 | 
|     3.2 An overview of Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar | 第19-25页 | 
|         3.2.1 Lexical classification | 第20-21页 | 
|         3.2.2 Transformation | 第21-22页 | 
|         3.2.3 Mood system | 第22-23页 | 
|         3.2.4 Transitivity | 第23-25页 | 
|     3.3 The relation between CDA and SFG | 第25-27页 | 
| Chapter 4 Racism in The Help—from CDA perspective | 第27-53页 | 
|     4.1 Social historical background of The Help | 第27-29页 | 
|     4.2 Text analysis: racism in The Help | 第29-51页 | 
|         4.2.1 Lexical classification: the insulting words in The Help | 第29-33页 | 
|         4.2.2 Transformation: passive position of the black in The Help | 第33-38页 | 
|         4.2.3 Mood analysis: the loss of voice of the black | 第38-41页 | 
|         4.2.4 Transitivity analysis | 第41-51页 | 
|             4.2.4.1 Material process: power relation between the white and the black in The Help | 第42-44页 | 
|             4.2.4.2 Mental process: the awakening of the maids | 第44-50页 | 
|             4.2.4.3 Relational process: the maid’s identity shifting | 第50-51页 | 
|     4.3 Summary | 第51-53页 | 
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第53-56页 | 
|     5.1 Major findings | 第53-54页 | 
|     5.2 Implications | 第54-55页 | 
|     5.3 Limitations | 第55-56页 | 
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 | 
| 发表论文和参加科研情况说明 | 第59-60页 | 
| Acknowledgements | 第60-61页 |