| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| 1.1 Alice Walker's living experience and her writing career | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 A brief introduction to The Color Purple and literary review on it | 第11-13页 |
| 1.3 The significance of the thesis | 第13页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| 2. Theoretical Basis | 第15-19页 |
| 2.1 General introduction to Ecofeminism and Ecofeminist literary criticism | 第15-18页 |
| 2.2 Ecofeminist influences on Alice Walker's writing | 第18-19页 |
| 3. Domination and Oppression upon the Black Women and Nature | 第19-27页 |
| 3.1 Dual oppressions upon the black women | 第19-23页 |
| 3.1.1 Sexism and gender oppression on the black women | 第19-22页 |
| 3.1.2 Racism upon the black women | 第22-23页 |
| 3.2 Oppression and exploitation upon nature | 第23-24页 |
| 3.3 The interconnection between women and nature:the victims of Patriarchal system | 第24-27页 |
| 4. Black Women's Access to a Harmonious World | 第27-31页 |
| 4.1 Quilting-sewing | 第27-28页 |
| 4.2 Pant-making | 第28-29页 |
| 4.3 Traveling to Africa | 第29-31页 |
| 5. Survival Whole in The Color Purple | 第31-39页 |
| 5.1 Harmonious coexistence among black women | 第31-34页 |
| 5.1.1 The Kinship between Celie and Nettie | 第31-32页 |
| 5.1.2 The affinity between Celie and Sofia | 第32-33页 |
| 5.1.3 The sisterhood and lesbian relationship between Celie and Shug | 第33-34页 |
| 5.2 Harmonious coexistence between the black couples | 第34-36页 |
| 5.2.1 Celie and Mr._(Albert) | 第35页 |
| 5.2.2 Sofia and Harpo | 第35-36页 |
| 5.3 Harmonious coexistence between the races | 第36-37页 |
| 5.4 Harmonious coexistence between human and nature | 第37-39页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第39-40页 |
| Bibliography | 第40-42页 |