| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| 1.1 Chinua Achebe and his works | 第9-12页 |
| 1.2 Things Fall Apart | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 The layout of this thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-25页 |
| 2.1 Overseas studies | 第17-22页 |
| 2.2 Domestic studies | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第25-30页 |
| Chapter Four Social Causes of Okonkwo’s Tragedy- the tragedy of binary opposition between the West and the Other | 第30-45页 |
| 4.1 The stereotypical image of Africa represented in the colonialist discourse | 第30-33页 |
| 4.2 New African image by Achebe: The civilization and wisdom in the so-called dark world | 第33-39页 |
| 4.2.1 Igbo language, culture and wisdom | 第33-35页 |
| 4.2.2 Searching for peaceful solution and harmony instead of violence | 第35-36页 |
| 4.2.3 Political, judicial and social institutions in Igbo | 第36-39页 |
| 4.3 Savageness and destruction under the mask of civilization and enlightenment | 第39-45页 |
| 4.3.1 Violence and cunning of colonizers | 第39-40页 |
| 4.3.2 Deep wounds and destruction to the local society by colonialism | 第40-45页 |
| Chapter Five Personal causes of the tragedy- the tragedy of Okonkwo’s concept of logocentrism36 | 第45-60页 |
| 5.1 Collapse of binary opposition between femininity and masculinity | 第45-55页 |
| 5.1.1 Okonkwo’s misunderstanding of masculinity and femininity | 第45-51页 |
| 5.1.1.1 Equation of manliness with rashness and violence- the cause of estrangement with the clan and Igbo value | 第46-48页 |
| 5.1.1.2 Association of masculinity with aggression and anger- the cause of emotional failure | 第48-51页 |
| 5.1.2 Achebe’s gender attitude | 第51-55页 |
| 5.1.2.1 Gender balance in Igbo culture and life | 第51-53页 |
| 5.1.2.2 Masculine and feminine qualities in each human being | 第53-55页 |
| 5.2 Collapse of the binary opposition between tradition and change | 第55-60页 |
| 5.2.1 Oknokwo’s total acceptance of the tradition | 第56-58页 |
| 5.2.2 Okonkwo’s blindness to the good side of invading culture | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第60-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71页 |
