| 独创性声明 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-27页 |
| ·Alice Walker and Her Major Achievements | 第10-15页 |
| ·An Introduction to Walker's First Three Novels | 第15-16页 |
| ·Critical Responses to the Three Novels | 第16-27页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Theoretical Perspective | 第27-39页 |
| ·Womanism, and Feminism and Black Feminism | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Emergence of Womanism | 第29-33页 |
| ·Womanist Theory | 第33-39页 |
| ·The Rudiments of Womanism | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Improvement of the Theory and Its Principles | 第34-39页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ A Womanist Study of the Male Images in Walker's Early Novels | 第39-79页 |
| ·The Limitations of the Stereotypes of Black Males | 第40-59页 |
| ·The Degeneration of Copeland Males | 第41-46页 |
| ·Grange's First Life: The Loss of Manhood | 第41-43页 |
| ·Brownfield's Dehumanization: The Irredeemable Degradation | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Hypocrisy in Meridian's Men | 第46-52页 |
| ·The Minor Male Characters: The Personalities Twisted by Racism and/or Sexism | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Conquering Prince: A Spiritual Tragic Divisiveness | 第49-52页 |
| ·The Brutality of the Males in The Color Purple | 第52-59页 |
| ·Alphonso's Scoundrelism: The Identification with White Power | 第53-55页 |
| ·Mr.--'s Cruelty: The Failure as a Human Being | 第55-58页 |
| ·Harpo's Conquest: A Distorted Masculinity | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Process of Self-improvement:Shaking off the Confines of Supremacist Patriarchy | 第59-79页 |
| ·Grange Copeland's Second and Third Lives: The Process of His Regeneration | 第60-66页 |
| ·Grange's Escape: APreparation for a Positive Self-concept | 第60-63页 |
| ·Grange's New Life: The Revival of Manhood and Humanity | 第63-66页 |
| ·Truman's Potential for a Personal Change: A Hope for the Survival Whole | 第66-70页 |
| ·Truman's Marriage and His Later Relationship with Meridian: The Attempts to Escape from the Social Confines | 第66-68页 |
| ·Truman's Pilgrimage to the South: The Start of Self-healing | 第68-70页 |
| ·Albert and Harpo's Self-healing and Samuel's Virtue: The Bright Future of Black Males | 第70-79页 |
| ·From "Mr.--" to "Albert": The Cruel Husband's Rebirth | 第71-73页 |
| ·Harpo's Survival: The Regain of Humanity | 第73-75页 |
| ·Samuel's Perfection: A Balanced Complement to Alphonso's Evils | 第75-79页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Concluding Remarks | 第79-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88页 |
