| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-26页 |
| ·Toni Morrison and Her Literary Works | 第12-14页 |
| ·Plot Summary of Beloved | 第14-17页 |
| ·Literature Review on Beloved | 第17-20页 |
| ·General Introduction to Narrative Ethics | 第20-26页 |
| Chapter One Ethical Tendency of Female Narrative in Beloved | 第26-38页 |
| ·Black Females' Situation during the Slavery Period | 第27-29页 |
| ·Sethes' Pursuit of Self-Value | 第29-35页 |
| ·The First Generation: Baby Sugg's Pursuit of Self-identity | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Second Generation: Sethe's Pursuit of Self-subjectivity | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Third Generation: Denver's Pursuit of Self-value | 第33-35页 |
| ·Morrison's Ethical Ideas on Black Females | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Two Ethical Tendency of Family Narrative in Beloved | 第38-52页 |
| ·Sethe's Family and Maternal Love | 第39-42页 |
| ·Sethe's Pursuit of Maternal Love Ethic | 第42-47页 |
| ·Sethe's Pursuit of Maternal Love as a Daughter | 第43-45页 |
| ·Sethe's Pursuit of Maternal Love as a Mother | 第45-47页 |
| ·Morrison's Ethical Ideas on Maternal Love | 第47-52页 |
| Chapter Three Ethical Tendency of Race Narrative in Beloved | 第52-64页 |
| ·Slavery and the Blacks | 第53-57页 |
| ·Sethe's Pursuit of Survival Ethic as a Black | 第57-61页 |
| ·Obedience and Survival | 第58-59页 |
| ·Struggle and Survival | 第59-61页 |
| ·Morrison's Ethical Ideas on Race | 第61-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-73页 |