| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| Ⅰ. An Introduction to Ralph Ellison and His Invisible Man | 第8-9页 |
| Ⅱ. Literature Review of Invisible Man | 第9-12页 |
| ⅰ. Main Researches and Findings Abroad | 第9-11页 |
| ⅱ. Main Researches and Findings at Home | 第11-12页 |
| Ⅲ. The Significance of This Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Invisible Man and American Bildungsroman as a Typical Literary Genre | 第14-22页 |
| ·The Definition of Bildungsroman and the Distinction among Different Designations | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Origin of Bildungsroman and its Development in America | 第16-18页 |
| ·General Characteristics of American Bildungsroman | 第18-20页 |
| ·Invisible Man as a Typical American Bildungsroman | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Theme of Bildungsroman Embodied by the Invisible Man’s Quest for Identity | 第22-32页 |
| ·The Definition of Identity | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Invisible Man’s Quest for Identity on His Growth Path | 第24-32页 |
| ·The Puzzlement of Losing Identity | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Struggle of Pursuing Identity | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Growth of Achieving Identity | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three Narrative Time and the Invisible Man’s Quest for Identity on His Growth Path | 第32-46页 |
| ·Narrative Order in Invisible Man—Analepsis | 第32-34页 |
| ·Narrative Duration in Invisible Man | 第34-42页 |
| ·Narrative Frequency in Invisible Man | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Four Narrative Focalization and the Invisible Man’s Quest for Identity on His Growth Path | 第46-55页 |
| ·The Focalization of the Experiencing Self—the Puzzled and Struggling Invisible Man | 第47-50页 |
| ·The Focalization of the Narrating Self—the Grown-up Invisible Man | 第50-55页 |
| Chapter Five Speech Presentation and the Invisible Man’s Quest for Identity on His Growth Path | 第55-64页 |
| ·Direct Speech in Invisible Man | 第57-60页 |
| ·Free Direct Speech in Invisible Man | 第60-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69-70页 |
| Publications | 第70页 |
