| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第12-21页 |
| 1.1 Michael Blake and His Dances with Wolves | 第12-16页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第16-21页 |
| CHAPTER 2 IDENYITY AND ITS CATEGORIES | 第21-25页 |
| CHAPTER 3 THE CHANGING IDENTITY OF LIEUTENANT DUNBAR | 第25-46页 |
| 3.1 Contradictory Attitudes toward American Indians | 第25-29页 |
| 3.1.1 Defending His White Identity Firmly | 第26-27页 |
| 3.1.2 Changing His Attitudes Slightly | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.3 Remaining Contradictory towards Indians | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2 Gradual Reunderstanding and Identifying with American Indians | 第29-35页 |
| 3.2.1 Communication with Sioux Messengers | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2.2 Frequent Contacts with Sioux | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2.3 Active Participation in Sioux Activities | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3 Abruptly Contravening the Marginalized Cultural Identity | 第35-38页 |
| 3.3.1 Contravening Sioux Behavior of Killing the Whites | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3.2 Being Shocked by the Indian and American Cultural Differences | 第37-38页 |
| 3.4 Finally Achieving Assimilated and Blended Identity | 第38-46页 |
| 3.4.1 Mimicking Indian Dance Unconsciously | 第39-40页 |
| 3.4.2 Repelling the Pawnee Attack and Finding the Value of Himself | 第40-41页 |
| 3.4.3 Identified with and Integrated into Indian Culture | 第41-43页 |
| 3.4.4 Killing the White Soldiers | 第43-46页 |
| CHAPTER 4 TRACING THE CAUSES OF LIEUTENANT DUNBAR'S CHANGINGIDENTTTY | 第46-63页 |
| 4.1 Longing for A New Life in Frontier | 第46-56页 |
| 4.1.1 Intimate Relations withNature and Animals | 第47-49页 |
| 4.1.2 Revival in Wilderness and Solitude Loneliness | 第49-52页 |
| 4.1.3 Reinterpretation of Indians and Revival of Himself | 第52-56页 |
| 4.2 Positive Integration into Indian Culture | 第56-63页 |
| 4.2.1 Outside the Indian Culture | 第56-59页 |
| 4.2.2 Inside the Indian Culture | 第59-63页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION | 第63-66页 |
| NOTES | 第66-67页 |
| REFERENCES | 第67-69页 |
