| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第7-28页 |
| 1.1 Alice Walker: A Biographical Sketch | 第7-13页 |
| 1.2 Survey of Critical Reviews on The Color Purple and Its Author | 第13-19页 |
| 1.3 Black Feminist Criticism | 第19-28页 |
| 2. Thematic Analysis of The Color Purple | 第28-55页 |
| 2.1 Double Oppression Turn Black Women into Slaves of Slaves | 第28-40页 |
| 2.1.1 Racial Oppression upon Black Women | 第28-33页 |
| 2.1.2 Sexual Oppression upon Black Women | 第33-40页 |
| 2.2 Black Women's Search for Self-identity | 第40-55页 |
| 2.2.1 Search for Black Culture and Women's Tradition | 第40-46页 |
| 2.2.1.1 Search for Black Culture | 第40-45页 |
| 2.2.1.2 Search for Women's Tradition | 第45-46页 |
| 2.2.2 Black Women's Search for Self-identity | 第46-55页 |
| 3. Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Notes | 第57-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-70页 |