| ABSTRACT | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-22页 |
| ·Literature Review on Ralph Ellison and His Invisible Man | 第11-18页 |
| ·Historical reviews in the earlier period | 第11-13页 |
| ·Scholarly comments from the mid-50s to the mid-60s | 第13-14页 |
| ·Opposite responses from the late-60s to the late-70s | 第14-17页 |
| ·Literary critics from the early-80s to the present | 第17-18页 |
| ·Research Perspective of the Present Thesis | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Two BLUES IN LITERATURE | 第22-38页 |
| ·Blues Novel | 第22-28页 |
| ·Blues Theory of Houston Jr.Baker and Albert Murray | 第28-34页 |
| ·Ralph Ellison's Personal Musical Background and View on Blues | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Three BLUES IN THE FORM OF INVISIBLE MAN | 第38-51页 |
| ·Similarities on Structural Level | 第38-40页 |
| ·Resemblance on Narrative Level | 第40-41页 |
| ·Parallels on Expressive Level | 第41-51页 |
| ·Improvisation | 第41-44页 |
| ·Riffing in Invisible Man | 第44-48页 |
| ·Call-and-Response strategy | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Four BLUES IN THE CONTENT OF INVISIBLE MAN | 第51-59页 |
| ·The Theme Song of Invisible Man | 第51-54页 |
| ·Blues Sung by the Characters of Invisible Man | 第54-59页 |
| ·Jim Trueblood | 第54-56页 |
| ·Mary Rambo | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter Five BLUES IN THE SPIRIT OF INVISIBLE MAN | 第59-68页 |
| ·Blues—a Vivid Description of Hardships of American Blacks | 第59-62页 |
| ·Blues—a Source of Strength and Courage for American Blacks | 第62-65页 |
| ·Blues—an Expression for Cultural Identity | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第68-70页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第70-71页 |
