| 摘要 | 第1页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第3-6页 |
| Chapter I. Introduction | 第6-9页 |
| ·Motivation | 第6页 |
| ·Toni Morrison: The Writer and Her Fictional Works | 第6-7页 |
| ·Toni Morrison | 第6-7页 |
| ·Her Fictional Works | 第7页 |
| ·Present Study on Toni Morrison | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter II. Source and Theoretical Bases | 第9-21页 |
| ·The Introduction of African-American Women’s Literature | 第9-10页 |
| ·Post-colonial and African-American Studies | 第10-18页 |
| ·The Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·A Quest for Identity in Toni Morrison’s Works | 第14-18页 |
| ·The Introduction to Black American Feminism | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter III. Novel Analysis | 第21-52页 |
| ·The Importance of the Ancestors to African People | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Use of African Myth in Song of Solomon and Beloved | 第22-36页 |
| ·Song of Solomon | 第22-30页 |
| ·The Introduction | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Myth of Flying Africans | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Presence and Importance of the Ancestor | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Function of the Women | 第28-30页 |
| ·Beloved | 第30-36页 |
| ·The Introduction | 第30-31页 |
| ·African Spirituality and Myth | 第31-33页 |
| ·Remembering the Ancestors Who Died During the Middle Passage | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Power of the Women Community | 第34-36页 |
| ·African Ancient Folktale in Tar Baby | 第36-42页 |
| ·The Introduction | 第36页 |
| ·The Tar Baby Tale—one of the Ancient African Trickster Tales | 第36-39页 |
| ·Jadine’s Loss of Ancient Properties | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Women as Ancestors | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Influence of African Ancestral Cultures in Jazz | 第42-52页 |
| ·The Introduction | 第42-43页 |
| ·African Ancestral Cultures | 第43-44页 |
| ·Violet’s Search for Her Ancestor | 第44-47页 |
| ·Joe’s Search for His Ancestor | 第47-50页 |
| ·The Women as Ancestors and the Necessity of Sisterhood | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter IV. Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
| Appendix | 第56-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58-59页 |
| Publication | 第59页 |
