| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| 1. Toni Morrison and Her Works | 第12-13页 |
| 2. A Brief Introduction to Song of Solomon | 第13-15页 |
| 3. Literature Review and the Structure of the Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Framework: the Initiation Story | 第18-27页 |
| 1.1 Origin and Development of the Initiation Story | 第18-23页 |
| 1.1.1 Bildungsroman in Germany | 第18-19页 |
| 1.1.2 Bildungsroman in Victorian England | 第19-21页 |
| 1.1.3 American Initiation Stories | 第21-23页 |
| 1.2 General Features of American Initiation Stories | 第23-25页 |
| 1.3 Song of Solomon as an Initiation Story | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Two Milkman's Loss | 第27-37页 |
| 2.1 Negative Self Awareness | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2 Twisted Love in a Deformed Family | 第30-32页 |
| 2.3 Confusion of Love and Sex | 第32-33页 |
| 2.4 Rejection of Black Culture | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter Three Milkman's Quest and Growth | 第37-51页 |
| 3.1 Milkman's Quest | 第37-43页 |
| 3.1.1 Seeking Economic Freedom | 第37页 |
| 3.1.2 Tracing Original Names | 第37-40页 |
| 3.1.3 Discovering Family History | 第40-42页 |
| 3.1.4 Getting Close to the Black Community | 第42-43页 |
| 3.2 Milkman's Growth | 第43-51页 |
| 3.2.1 Fully-developed Self | 第43-44页 |
| 3.2.2 Understanding of the Essence of Love | 第44-48页 |
| 3.2.3 Flying--the Spiritual Rebirth | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Four Peculiarities of the Initiation Theme in Song ofSolomon | 第51-63页 |
| 4.1 Milkman's Identity Crisis--A Marginal Middle-class Black Youth in aDouble-cultural Background | 第51-55页 |
| 4.2 Juxtaposition of Bildung and "Anti-Bildung" | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3 The Return Model of Initiation | 第57-63页 |
| 4.3.1 A "Returning" Journey: from the North to the South | 第57-59页 |
| 4.3.2 A Return to the Roots: Making up the Fracture of the Past | 第59-60页 |
| 4.3.3 A Return to the Tradition: Reconstructing the Cultural Identity | 第60-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-67页 |
| Works Cited | 第67-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70页 |
