| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| 1.1 Basic Information of Alice Walker | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1.1 Alice Walker's Life | 第11-12页 |
| 1.1.2 Alice Walker's Major Works | 第12-13页 |
| 1.1.3 Introduction of The Color Purple | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 Introduction of This Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| 1.2.1 Purpose and Significance of This Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2.2 Organization of The Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-22页 |
| 2.1 Historical and Cultural Background of The Color Purple | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.1 Socio-historical Context | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Afro-American Literary Renaissance and Black Identity Issue | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2 Criticism on The Color Purple | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 3 Alice Walker's Womanism Reflected inThe Color Purple | 第22-26页 |
| 3.1 Sisterhood | 第24页 |
| 3.2 Creativity | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3 Harmony Between Men and Woman | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 4 Loss of Identity Under Double Oppressions | 第26-34页 |
| 4.1 Black Women as the Object of Sexual Abuse | 第26-28页 |
| 4.2 Black Women as the Free Laborer in the Household | 第28-29页 |
| 4.3 Black Women as Human Without Human Rights | 第29-34页 |
| 4.3.1 Loss of Education Right | 第29-30页 |
| 4.3.2 Loss of Motherhood | 第30-31页 |
| 4.3.3 Loss of Speech Power | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter 5 Three Explorations for Liberation | 第34-43页 |
| 5.1 Black Women's Search for Self-identity in the American Society | 第34-37页 |
| 5.1.1 Awakening | 第34-36页 |
| 5.1.2 Resistance | 第36页 |
| 5.1.3 Economic Independence | 第36-37页 |
| 5.1.4 Political Independence | 第37页 |
| 5.2 Black Women's Search for Cultural Root in the American Society | 第37-40页 |
| 5.2.1 Quilting | 第37-38页 |
| 5.2.2 Blues Singing | 第38-40页 |
| 5.3 Black Women's Search for a Harmonious Society Between Men and Women | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第43-45页 |
| References | 第45-47页 |
