| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| ·Zora Neale Hurston and Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第12-14页 |
| ·Zora Neale Hurston | 第12-13页 |
| ·Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第13-14页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| ·Literature Review Abroad | 第15-16页 |
| ·Literature Review at Home | 第16-19页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter One Bakhtin’s Theory of“Carnival” | 第20-28页 |
| ·Development of Bakhtin’s Theory of“Carnival” | 第20-25页 |
| ·Sources and Origins | 第20-21页 |
| ·Bakhtin’s Theory of“Carnival” | 第21-25页 |
| ·Main Features of Bakhtin’s Theory of“Carnival” | 第25-28页 |
| ·Popularity and Ceremonialness | 第25-26页 |
| ·Duality | 第26页 |
| ·Spirit of Subversion | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two Popularity and Ceremonialness in Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第28-42页 |
| ·Spirit of Carnival Square | 第28-35页 |
| ·Janie’s Carnival of Nature | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Porch Gathering in Eatonville | 第29-32页 |
| ·Carnival in the Everglades | 第32-35页 |
| ·Carnivalistic Ceremonies | 第35-42页 |
| ·Lighting Street Lamps | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Mule’s Funeral | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter Three Duality in Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第42-54页 |
| ·Acts of Crowning and Decrowning | 第42-47页 |
| ·Crowning and Decrowning in the Ritual | 第43-45页 |
| ·Decrownings of Official World | 第45-47页 |
| ·Death and Rebirth---Janie’s Journey of Awakening | 第47-50页 |
| ·First Marriage | 第47-48页 |
| ·Second Marriage | 第48-49页 |
| ·Third Marriage | 第49-50页 |
| ·Carnival Language | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter Four Spirit of Subversion in Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第54-64页 |
| ·Subverting Religion’s Holiness | 第54-55页 |
| ·Janie’s Spirit of Subversion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Subverting Traditional Opposition between Men and Women | 第55-57页 |
| ·Subverting Traditional Ethics | 第57-58页 |
| ·Subverting White Cultures and Values | 第58-64页 |
| ·Joe Starks | 第58-60页 |
| ·Mrs. Turner | 第60-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-73页 |
