| Acknowledgement | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Maya Angelou | 第11-14页 |
| ·A Critical Review of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 第14-18页 |
| ·Research Questions, Methodology and Thesis Statement | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ An Overview of Trauma Theory | 第20-30页 |
| ·The Development of Trauma Theory | 第20-25页 |
| ·What Is Cultural Trauma? | 第25-29页 |
| ·Trauma and Subjectivity | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Angelou's Loss of Black Female Subjectivity | 第30-49页 |
| ·Cultural Trauma and Subjectivity Crisis of the African Americans | 第30-32页 |
| ·Angelou's Loss of Subjectivity | 第32-40页 |
| ·Angelou's Sense of Rootlessness | 第32-34页 |
| ·Angelou's Sense of Displacement | 第34-37页 |
| ·Angelou's Shattered Self | 第37-40页 |
| ·Cause of Angelou's Loss of Subjectivity | 第40-49页 |
| ·Legacy of Cultural Trauma | 第40-42页 |
| ·Trauma of Racism | 第42-45页 |
| ·Trauma of Sexism | 第45-46页 |
| ·Symptoms of Cultural Trauma: Identity Crisis | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Angelou's Construction of Black Female Subjectivity | 第49-65页 |
| ·Angelou's Traumatic Awakening | 第49-50页 |
| ·Angelou's Working through Trauma | 第50-57页 |
| ·The Help Angelou Gets from the Black Community | 第51-55页 |
| ·Angelou's Own Way of Working through Trauma | 第55-57页 |
| ·Angelou's Construction of Her Black Female Subjectivity | 第57-63页 |
| ·Angelou's Racial Pride | 第57-59页 |
| ·Angelou's Struggle for Equality with the White | 第59-61页 |
| ·Angelou's Construction of Female Subjectivity | 第61-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| Works Cited | 第69-72页 |
