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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter One McPherson's Life and Writing Career
1.1 McPherson's Life
1.2 McPherson's Writing Career
1.2.1 McPherson's First Book-Hue and Cry
1.2.2 Elbow Room-Pulitzer Prize Wining Works
1.2.3 Literary Silence-Breaking Memoir
Chapter Two Theoretical Basis Adopted in the Research
2.1 Major Themes of Symbolism
2.2 Symbol
2.3 Symbolism and Symbol
2.4 Symbolic Approach to the Novel
Chapter Three Symbolism in Gold Coast
3.1 Janitorial Career- A Journey of Self-Awareness
3.2 The Symbolic Setting:The Building
3.2.1 Gold Coast as the Symbol of Barren Land
3.2.2 Gold Coast as the Symbol of Visible Dominant White Culture
3.3 Symbol of Invisible White Dominance- Johnny Carson Show
3.4 Symbolism of the Characters
3.4.1 What is Other
3.4.2 Symbol of the Castration of Other Culture
3.5 Symbolism of the Relationship between Robert and James
3.5.1 Fulfillment of Mutual Need
3.5.2 Conflicts
3.5.3Mutrual Understanding and Reconciliation
Chapter Four Cultural Identity Reflected in Gold Coast
4.1 The Dilemma of African-American Culture
4.2 African-American's Cultural Identity
4.3 Cultural Identity Crisis
4.3.1 Black face, White Soul- the White Cultural Identity
4.3.2 Distorted Black Heart
4.4 McPherson's Quest for Cultural Identity
Conclusion
Bibliography
浙江大学;
浙江大学外国语言文化与国际交流学院;