| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-22页 |
| 1.1 Octavia Butler and her Fledgling | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第14-18页 |
| 1.3 Focus and structure of the thesis | 第18-22页 |
| 1.3.1 Transgression:definition | 第18-19页 |
| 1.3.2 Structure of the thesis | 第19-22页 |
| 2. Racial Transgression in Hedgling | 第22-38页 |
| 2.1 Pursuit of a definite identity: Shori's adaptation into the white Ina | 第24-30页 |
| 2.1.1 The overspread racial bias against Shori | 第25-26页 |
| 2.1.2 Spatial transgression to jump out | 第26-28页 |
| 2.1.3 Cultural transgression to behold future | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2 Reconstruction of identity: Symbionts' efforts to win equality | 第30-38页 |
| 2.2.1 Speciesism: an allegory of racism | 第30-32页 |
| 2.2.2 Collapse of the sacred Ina and human binary | 第32-35页 |
| 2.2.3 Countless endeavors to reestablish balance | 第35-38页 |
| 3. Gender Transgression in Fledgling | 第38-49页 |
| 3.1 Conventional gender role of female | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2 Androgyny: Shori's subversion of set boundaries for women | 第39-49页 |
| 3.2.1 Independence and foresight beyond the gender limits | 第39-42页 |
| 3.2.2 Combination of feminine and masculine characteristics | 第42-43页 |
| 3.2.3 Striking opposition with the biological sex | 第43-46页 |
| 3.2.4 Female's initiatives and polyamorous relationship | 第46-49页 |
| 4. Transgression beyond Fledgling: minority and abnormality | 第49-63页 |
| 4.1 Becoming a minor in a new bildungsroman | 第49-53页 |
| 4.2 Empowerment of youth and interdependence | 第53-57页 |
| 4.3 Implementation of abnormality to eliminate demarcation | 第57-63页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第63-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-69页 |
