| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| 1. Alice Walker's Career and Her Works | 第11-13页 |
| 2. The Brief Introduction to the Color Purple | 第13-14页 |
| 3. Aim and Significance of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One Alice Walker and Her Womanism | 第16-21页 |
| ·The Development of Womanism | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Connotation of Womanism | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Difference between Feminism and Womanism | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Gender and Race | 第21-33页 |
| ·The Role the Black Male Play in the White-dominating Society | 第21-26页 |
| ·Being Oppressed by the White | 第22-24页 |
| ·Being an Imitator of Tyranny | 第24-26页 |
| ·Dual Oppressions on the Black Female | 第26-30页 |
| ·Victim of Sexual Abuse | 第26-28页 |
| ·Victim of Racial Oppression | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Crisis of the African---Losing Homeland | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three Anti-sexism and Anti-racism Characteristic | 第33-49页 |
| ·Anti-sexism Awakeness | 第33-39页 |
| ·Celie's Growth from a Patriarchal Victim to a Conscious Pioneer | 第33-37页 |
| ·Mr._Recovered from Distorted Identity | 第37-39页 |
| ·Anti-Racism Motivation | 第39-43页 |
| ·Nettie's Africa Tour | 第39-41页 |
| ·Sofia as a Fearless Warrior of Anti-racism | 第41-43页 |
| ·Shug as a Perfect Womanist | 第43-49页 |
| ·Celie's Savior | 第43-46页 |
| ·A Warrior against Patriarchal System | 第46-47页 |
| ·A Typical Androgyny | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four Harmony---the Essence of Womanism Theory | 第49-59页 |
| ·Self-recognition by Sisterhood | 第49-53页 |
| ·Sisterhood between Celie and Nettie | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Sisterhood among other Women | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Importance of Sisterhood | 第52-53页 |
| ·Sense of Independence | 第53-55页 |
| ·New Community of Harmonious Human Relationship | 第55-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Notes | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-65页 |
| 在读期间发表论文 | 第65页 |
