声明
Acknowledgements
摘要
Abstract
Contents
1.Introduction
1.1 Louise Erdrich and Love Medicine
1.2 Literature Review
1.3 Research Task, Method and Thesis Structure
2.The Survival Predicament of Native Americans in Love Medicine
2.1 The Loss of Land:Disconnection with Reservation and Family Unit
2.2 The Loss of Native Tradition:Alienation from Community
2.2.1 The Loss of Native Language and the Native Heritage
2.2.2 Religious Crisis and Spiritual Dilemma
2.3 Racial Discrimination and Social Exclusion
3.Different Attitudes towards Survival Predicament in the Novel
3.1 Positive Facing with Survival Predicament
3.2 Negative Escaping from Survival Predicament
3.3 Wandering In-Between
4.Love as Medicine:Erdrich’s Strategies for Survival
4.1 Family and Community as Healing Place
4.2 Storytelling and Bilingualism as Healing Technique
4.3 Survival Humor in Modern Society
5.Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix