| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·The significance of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literature review of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Naipaul and Half a Life | 第14-23页 |
| ·Naipaul as a post-colonial writer | 第14-19页 |
| ·His life experiences related to his literary creation | 第14-17页 |
| ·His literary position in the post-colonial literature | 第17-19页 |
| ·Half a Life as a post-colonial masterpiece | 第19-23页 |
| ·A synopsis of the novel | 第19-21页 |
| ·The post-colonial trend reflected in the novel | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Rationale | 第23-31页 |
| ·An overview of post-colonial theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Edward Said's concepts of "the Other" and cultural resistance | 第24-26页 |
| ·Homi Bhabha's theory of hybridity | 第26-28页 |
| ·The post-colonial theory and Naipaul's strategy of literary creation | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter 4 The Hero's Loss of Identity as the Other | 第31-45页 |
| ·Identity loss and otherness | 第31-32页 |
| ·Willie as the Other under the imperial hegemony | 第32-43页 |
| ·Willie as the Other in ethnicity | 第33-36页 |
| ·Willie as the Other in language | 第36-39页 |
| ·Willie as the Other in culture | 第39-43页 |
| ·Willie's quest for identity | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 5 The Hero's Reconstruction of Identity | 第45-56页 |
| ·Identity reconstruction and hybridity | 第45-47页 |
| ·Willie's identity reconstruction in hybridity | 第47-53页 |
| ·Willie's mimic experiences in India and London | 第47-51页 |
| ·Willie's hybrid identity in Africa | 第51-53页 |
| ·Willie's recovery of the self | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Endnotes | 第58-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-65页 |
| Publications | 第65页 |
