| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| 前言 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter I An introduction to Conrad and his Heart of Darkness | 第12-16页 |
| ·About Joseph Conrad | 第12-13页 |
| ·About Heart of Darkness | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter II The polyphonic novel | 第16-20页 |
| ·Carnivalesque overtone | 第16-17页 |
| ·Polyphony | 第17-18页 |
| ·Dialogism | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter III A carnivalesque overtone in Heart of Darkness | 第20-27页 |
| ·Billingsgate language | 第21-22页 |
| ·The harlequinade, an important element of carnival laughter | 第22-24页 |
| ·The carnivalesque death scene | 第24-26页 |
| ·The mock crowning and decrowning | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter IV Polyphonic features of Heart of Darkness | 第27-40页 |
| ·Three types of dialogic relationships | 第27-31页 |
| ·Polyphonic voices in the talk about Kurtz | 第31-33页 |
| ·Polyphonic voices in the talk about African natives | 第33-35页 |
| ·Marlow's double internal voices | 第35-38页 |
| ·Polyphonic voices in different languages | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter V Dialogism in Heart of Darkness | 第40-47页 |
| ·Dialogues between Marlow and the narrator | 第40-41页 |
| ·Dialogues between Marlow and the author, Conrad | 第41-43页 |
| ·Dialogues between Marlow and other characters | 第43-45页 |
| ·Dialogues between Marlow and the listener/reader | 第45-46页 |
| ·Dialogues between Marlow and himself | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter VI Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| References | 第49-51页 |
