| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Synopsis in Chinese | 第4-7页 |
| Synopsis in English | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| Chapter One Conrad: Writing “the Other” | 第18-23页 |
| ·Cultural Diversity in Conrad’s Novel | 第18-20页 |
| ·Western Intruder in the Eastern World | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Two Jim on the Patna: A Victim of Racial Superiority | 第23-30页 |
| ·White Crew’s Estrangement from the Pilgrims | 第23-26页 |
| ·White Crew’s Relationship with the Pilgrims | 第23-25页 |
| ·Racial Superiority and Prejudice of White Man | 第25-26页 |
| ·Jim’s Estrangement from the Crew and the Pilgrims | 第26-30页 |
| ·Jim: A Product of Imperial Culture | 第26-27页 |
| ·Jim’s Imperial Attitude towards the Others | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three Jim in Patusan: An Emissary of Western Culture | 第30-41页 |
| ·Jim’s Entry into Patusan: Intrusion of Western Culture | 第30-35页 |
| ·The Social-Political Situation of Patusan before Jim’s Entry | 第30-33页 |
| ·Jim’s Cultural Mission | 第33-35页 |
| ·Jim’s Rise in Patusan: Triumph of Western Culture | 第35-41页 |
| ·The Gun and the Ring: Tools of Invasion | 第35-38页 |
| ·Cultural Reconstruction of Patusan Community | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Four The Failure of Jim’s Cultural Mission | 第41-54页 |
| ·Jim’s Estrangement from Patusan people | 第41-47页 |
| ·Jim Living in a “World without Men” | 第41-44页 |
| ·Jim Caught in a Dilemma of Loyalty | 第44-47页 |
| ·The Natives’ Estrangement from Their White Lord | 第47-54页 |
| ·The Natives’ Loss of Independence in Jim-Myth | 第47-50页 |
| ·The Natives’ Failure to Recognize Jim’s Alter Ego | 第50-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Notes | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |