| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Revolutionary Significance of Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第13-22页 |
| ·The Plot and Major Characters of Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第13-15页 |
| ·Characters Molding | 第15-19页 |
| ·Theme Displaying | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Two Zora Neale Hurston and Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第22-33页 |
| ·About Zora Neale Hurston | 第22-28页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Zora Neale Hurston | 第22-23页 |
| ·General Introduction to Works by Zora Neale Hurston | 第23-24页 |
| ·Introduction and Status of Zora Neale Hurston | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Harlem Renaissance and Zora Neale Hurston | 第26-28页 |
| ·About Their Eyes Were Watching God | 第28-33页 |
| ·Background of Composing | 第28-30页 |
| ·General Criticism | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three Features of Narrative Language | 第33-52页 |
| ·Free Indirect Discourse | 第33-40页 |
| ·Black English and Its Unique Expression | 第40-45页 |
| ·On Lexical Level | 第40-43页 |
| ·On Syntactic Level | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Black Sermon | 第45-46页 |
| ·Symbolization | 第46-52页 |
| ·Symbolization of the Pear Tree | 第47-48页 |
| ·Symbolization of the Mule | 第48-49页 |
| ·Symbolization of the Raiment | 第49-50页 |
| ·Symbolization of the Surnames | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Four Artistic Features of Narrative Technique | 第52-58页 |
| ·A Story within a Story Structure of the Novel | 第52-54页 |
| ·Structure Correspondence of Storytelling between Black Folk Tales and the Novel | 第54-56页 |
| ·The Role of Narrator in the Novel | 第56-57页 |
| ·Black Folk Story | 第57-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-62页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第62-63页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第63页 |
