| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| Chapter One Alice Walker and The Color Purple | 第15-22页 |
| ·Alice Walker: A Writer Living Her Life as the Other | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Color Purple: A Novel with the Quest for the Self | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Two Diverse Images of the Other in The Color Purple | 第22-32页 |
| ·Celie as Man's Accessory | 第22-25页 |
| ·Shug as the Religious Rebel and Ethical Outcast | 第25-28页 |
| ·Sophia and Nettie as the Racist Victim | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Three Transgression: an Access to Self | 第32-52页 |
| ·Sexual Transgression: Androgynous and Homosexual Performances | 第32-40页 |
| ·Lesbian Love- Celie's Violation of Heterosexuality | 第33-36页 |
| ·Androgyny-Shug's Subversion of Femininity | 第36-40页 |
| ·Cultural Transgression: De-Marginalizing Afro-American Heritage | 第40-52页 |
| ·Animism | 第42-45页 |
| ·Blues Music | 第45-47页 |
| ·African American Vernacular English | 第47-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Notes | 第55-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix I- Works by Alice Walker | 第62-63页 |
| Appendix II- Related Dissertations on Alice Walker in America | 第63-67页 |
