| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One From Heart of Darkness to Wide Sargasso Sea | 第14-24页 |
| A. The Multicultural Backgrounds of the Authors | 第14-16页 |
| B. Englishes used by the Authors | 第16-21页 |
| C . Intertextual Dialogue with the Canonical Texts | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two Symbolic Meanings of Female Characters in the Post-colonialNovels | 第24-29页 |
| A. The“Other”in Dark World | 第25-26页 |
| B. Complexity of Female Identity | 第26-28页 |
| C. Light of Hope | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Three Female Characters and Other Symbols | 第29-35页 |
| A. Fire , Mirrors of the Fate of the Female Characters | 第29-30页 |
| B. Male Characters as Their Counterparts | 第30-31页 |
| C. Animals, the Subaltern | 第31-33页 |
| D. Scenery as Images | 第33-35页 |
| Conclusion | 第35-38页 |
| Notes | 第38-41页 |
| Bibliography | 第41-45页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第45-46页 |
| Academic achievements | 第46页 |
