| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·Overview of Kate Grenville | 第13-16页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第16-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Support | 第20-26页 |
| ·The Origin and Development of Post-colonialism | 第20-22页 |
| ·Some Views of Post-colonialism | 第22-26页 |
| ·Said's Orientalism | 第22-24页 |
| ·Homi Bhabha and His Theories | 第24页 |
| ·Gayatri Spivak and Her Subaltern Study | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 William Thornhill's Shift Between the Center and the Margin | 第26-42页 |
| ·The Dehumanization of the Characters in The Secret River | 第26-33页 |
| ·William Thornhill's Dehumanization to Be "the Other" | 第27-30页 |
| ·William Thornhill's Dehumanization to Be a Wicked Colonialist | 第30-33页 |
| ·Alienation Caused by Dehumanization | 第33-42页 |
| ·The Alienation Between the White Settlers and the Aborigines | 第33-38页 |
| ·The Alienation among the White Settlers | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Results Caused by Alienation | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 4 The Pursuit of Identity | 第42-55页 |
| ·The White Orients' Pursuit of Identity | 第43-49页 |
| ·William Thornhill As a Poor in London | 第43-45页 |
| ·William Thornhill As a Convict in Sydney | 第45-49页 |
| ·The Black Orients' Pursuit of Identity | 第49-55页 |
| ·Racial Other | 第50页 |
| ·Cultural Other | 第50-51页 |
| ·Gender Other | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Survival and the Sense of Guilt | 第55-59页 |
| ·The Characters' Struggle for Survival | 第55-57页 |
| ·The White Victims' Sense of Guilt | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-65页 |
| Appendix | 第65-70页 |
