Now most criticisms focus on the factors outside the literary text. In comparison with the criticisms above,this thesis will offer a reading on Toni Morrison’s Nobel Lecture from a structuralist perspective. It might provide a different visual angle for understanding the lecture. Structuralism is an approach to analyze the narrative material by examining the underlying invariant structure. In studying literary text,structuralists concern themselves with the abstract and internal structure rather on the surface phenomena. They emphasize the unity of literary text. By applying the theory of structuralism in the analysis of Toni Morrison’ Nobel Lecture,this thesis will explore the deep structure and to reveal the deep meaning beneath the Nobel Lecture. Now most criticisms focus on the factors outside the literary text. In contrast with the criticism above, this thesis offers a reading on Toni Morrison’s Nobel Lecture from a structuralist perspective. It might provide a different visual angle for understanding the lecture. approach to analyze the narrative material by examining the underlying invariant structure. In studying literary text, structuralists study themselves with the abstract and internal structure rather on the surface phenomena. Both emphasize the unity of literary text. By applying the theory of structuralism in the analysis of Toni Morrison ’Nobel Lecture, this thesis will explore the deep structure and to reveal the deep meaning beneath the Nobel Lecture.