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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 The Origin and Development of African American Literature
1.2 Toni Morrison's Life and Career
1.3 Toni Morrison's Central Theme
1.4 Literary Review
1.5 The Significance of My Study
Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation—Cultural Studies
2.1 Culture and Cultural Studies
2.2 The Viable Theory of Negro American Culture
Chapter 3 The Resistance in Cultural Conflict
3.1 An Overview of the Target Works and Main Characters
3.2 The Love for The Bluest Eye—Pecola's Confusion of Growth
3.2.1 The Influence of the Dominant Culture and Racism
3.2.2 The Rejection from the African American Themselves
3.3 The New World Black—Sula
3.3.1 Symbolic Naming Indicating Cruel Social Order
3.3.2 Two Types of Self-Explorations
3.4 The Classical Myth—Song of Solomon
3.4.1 The Heroic Quest
3.4.2 A Female Guide Figure—Pilate
Chapter 4 The Survival in Cultural Conflict
4.1 The Hope of the African Americans
4.2 Questing for Self
4.3 Milkman's Identity
Chapter 5 Conclusion
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