| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| 2. Identity and Arrival | 第12-34页 |
| ·The identity problem in the postcolonial criticism | 第12-24页 |
| ·Identity | 第12-17页 |
| ·Identity in psychology | 第12-17页 |
| ·Identity in sociology | 第17页 |
| ·Identity and identification | 第17-20页 |
| ·Identification | 第17-19页 |
| ·Relationship between identity and identification | 第19-20页 |
| ·Postcolonialism | 第20-22页 |
| ·Identity in postcolonial criticism | 第22-24页 |
| ·Naipaul’s sense of identity and arrival | 第24-34页 |
| ·Identity meaning arrival | 第24-26页 |
| ·Naipaul’s pursuit for arrival | 第26-34页 |
| ·Sociological reasons | 第26-30页 |
| ·Naipaul’s particular life background | 第26-27页 |
| ·Naipaul’s ultimate aim——the sense of arrival | 第27-30页 |
| ·Psychological reasons | 第30-34页 |
| ·Psychological need for arrival | 第30-31页 |
| ·Psychological satisfaction from arrival | 第31-34页 |
| 3. Presentation of arrival in The Enigma of Arrival | 第34-54页 |
| ·The structure of the novel as arrival | 第34-40页 |
| ·Arrival——the common theme of each chapter | 第34-38页 |
| ·A full circle embedded in the titles of the novel’s chapters | 第38-40页 |
| ·Arrival embodied in the painting “The Enigma of Arrival” | 第40-45页 |
| ·An image of the novel——the painting “The Enigma of Arrival” | 第40-41页 |
| ·A failure to arrive——Naipaul’s fantasy about “The Enigma of Arrival”and his early journey in Britain | 第41-43页 |
| ·Self and world——another meaning of arrival | 第43-45页 |
| ·Arrival symbolized by images——Jack and his garden | 第45-54页 |
| ·Harmony and order——an ideal life | 第45-50页 |
| ·Creation and dedication——a new understanding of life for arrival | 第50-54页 |
| 4. Naipaul’s arrival in The Enigma of Arrival | 第54-78页 |
| ·Naipaul’s arrival as a writer | 第54-67页 |
| ·Writer’s ambition——a cosmopolitan seeking a home for Spiritual arrival | 第54-56页 |
| ·Writer’s progress——a way from failure to success | 第56-67页 |
| ·The tenet of a writer——honesty and truth | 第56-58页 |
| ·A long process of failure in writing | 第58-63页 |
| ·A failure——Naipaul’s early writing | 第58-60页 |
| ·Two false writers——Alan and Landlord | 第60-63页 |
| ·Naipaul’s successful writing——arrival as a writer | 第63-67页 |
| ·Naipaul’s arrival as a man | 第67-71页 |
| ·A stranger in Britain seeking for arrival | 第67-68页 |
| ·Arrival in Britain as a man | 第68-71页 |
| ·Naipaul’s arrival as a writer and man | 第71-77页 |
| ·Writing——a way to solve the separation of “the man from the writer” | 第71-72页 |
| ·Arrival as a writer and man | 第72-77页 |
| ·A new identity sought through journey | 第72-73页 |
| ·A new understanding change and death by writing | 第73-75页 |
| ·Arrrival as a writer and man | 第75-77页 |
| ·Naipaul’s getting hybrid cultural identity | 第77-78页 |
| Conclusion | 第78-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-85页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第85页 |
