| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| abstract | 第10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第13-18页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Maya Angelou and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 第13-16页 |
| 1.2 The Layout of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-26页 |
| 2.1 Studies Abroad | 第18-21页 |
| 2.2 Studies at Home | 第21-26页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THE POSTCOLONIAL THEORY AND HOMI K. BHABHA | 第26-33页 |
| 3.1 The Postcolonial Theory and Homi Bhabha | 第26-30页 |
| 3.2 “Hybridity” and “the Third Space” | 第30-33页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ THIRD SPACE ON MAYA’S RACIAL IDENTITTY | 第33-45页 |
| 4.1 Racial Problems in Maya’s Life and Her Different Coping Modes | 第33-41页 |
| 4.1.1 Momma’s Tolerance of Racial Inequities in Stamps | 第34-38页 |
| 4.1.2 Mother Vivian’s Rebellious Life in St. Louis | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2 The Creation of the Third Space in the Junkyard | 第41-45页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ THE THIRD SPACE ON MAYA’S GENDER IDENTITY | 第45-53页 |
| 5.1 Gender Problems in Maya’s Life and Her Different Coping Modes | 第45-50页 |
| 5.1.1 The Rape and Maya’s Aphasia | 第45-48页 |
| 5.1.2 Mother Vivian’s Rebellion as a Strong Woman Warrior | 第48-50页 |
| 5.2 The Creation of the Third Space Through Equal and Dynamic Gender Relationship | 第50-53页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅵ LITERATURE AS AN OVERARCHING THIRD SPACE | 第53-59页 |
| 6.1 Literature as a Shelter for Maya | 第53-56页 |
| 6.2 The Influence of Literature on Maya’s Construction of Her Self Identity | 第56-59页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅶ CONCLUSION | 第59-61页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第61-64页 |
