| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Melville Revival and Reception Theory | 第16-33页 |
| ·Theoretical Background of Melville Revival | 第17-23页 |
| ·The Emergence of Reception Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Hans Robert Jauss & Horizon of Expectations | 第19-21页 |
| ·Wolfgang Iser & Indeterminacy | 第21-23页 |
| ·Current Criticism of Melville's Works at Home and Abroad | 第23-31页 |
| ·Literature Review of Mardi at Home and Abroad | 第24-25页 |
| ·Literature Review of Moby-Dick at Home and Abroad | 第25-26页 |
| ·Literature Review of Benito Cereno at Home and Abroad | 第26-31页 |
| ·Benito Cereno as a Battle between Good and Evil | 第26-28页 |
| ·Benito Cereno as a Deep Concern with the American Institution of Slavery | 第28-29页 |
| ·Benito Cereno as an Attack on American Expansionism | 第29-30页 |
| ·Criticism of Benito Cereno in China | 第30-31页 |
| ·Research Purpose | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 2 Melville and His White Narrators: from Taji to Amasa Delano | 第33-69页 |
| ·Mardi: An Immature Satire on White Superiority | 第34-41页 |
| ·Protest against Taji's Racial Prejudice | 第35-39页 |
| ·Protest against Taji's Expansionist Consciousness | 第39-41页 |
| ·Moby-Dick: An Appeal for Equality and Fraternity between Ethnic Groups | 第41-47页 |
| ·Benito Cereno: Melville's Fullest Treatment of Slavery | 第47-69页 |
| ·Captain Delano: A Typically Satirical Character with Post-colonial Ideology | 第50-63页 |
| ·Suspicions on the San Dominick | 第52-54页 |
| ·White Superiority vs. Black Inferiority | 第54-57页 |
| ·Strong Prejudice against European Culture Represented by Benito Cereno | 第57-61页 |
| ·Delano as a Flat Character | 第61-63页 |
| ·Benito Cereno: A Man Struggling Between Conflicting Thoughts | 第63-69页 |
| ·Cereno's Struggle to Return to the World of White Mastery and Black Slavery | 第64-66页 |
| ·Cereno's Failure to Identify with the Notion of White Superiority and the Legal Existence of Slavery | 第66-69页 |
| Chapter 3 Melville and His Blacks: from Annatoo to the Ringleader Babo | 第69-86页 |
| ·Mardi: A Turning Point in the Development of the Black Image | 第70-74页 |
| ·Moby-Dick. A Transition to the Blacks Treated as Human Being | 第74-78页 |
| ·Benito Cereno: A Smashing Blow to the Black Stereotypes | 第78-86页 |
| ·Babo as a Man Capable of Evil Deeds | 第79-82页 |
| ·Babo as a Brave and Brilliant Leader | 第82-83页 |
| ·Spanish as a Powerful Weapon against Oppressors | 第83-86页 |
| Conclusion | 第86-88页 |
| Bibliography | 第88-93页 |
| 作者简介 | 第93页 |
