| ABSTRACT | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION | 第11-20页 |
| A. ABrief Introduction to V.S.Naipaul and His A Bend in the River | 第11-15页 |
| B. ABrief Introduction to Post-Colonial Theory | 第15-18页 |
| C. Thesis Statement | 第18-20页 |
| CHAPTER II. THE FAILURE OF THE QUEST FOR CULTURAL IDENTITY | 第20-35页 |
| A. Salim, the Wanderer in Hybridized Cultures | 第21-28页 |
| 1. Negating His Own culture | 第21-23页 |
| 2. Worshiping the West | 第23-27页 |
| 3. Suffering a Setback from Both Cultures | 第27-28页 |
| B. Indar, the Subverter of the Past and the "Sick Child" of the West | 第28-35页 |
| 1. Subverting the Past | 第29-32页 |
| 2. Mimicking the Europeans | 第32-33页 |
| 3. Failing to Integrate into the Western Society | 第33-35页 |
| CHAPTER III. AN EXPLORATION OF CULTURAL IDENTITY CRISIS | 第35-61页 |
| A. Cultural Identity Crisis Embodied in ABend in the River | 第35-45页 |
| 1. The Loss of Historical Presence in Hybridity | 第35-41页 |
| 2. The Lack of Self-Identification in Hybridity | 第41-45页 |
| B. Double Shackles of Ex-colonial People | 第45-56页 |
| 1. Interior "Colonization" | 第46-51页 |
| a. The Haunting of Inferiority Complex | 第46-49页 |
| b. The Abandoning of Indigenous Culture | 第49-51页 |
| 2. Exterior "Colonization" | 第51-56页 |
| a. Cultural Invasion | 第51-53页 |
| b. Economic Invasion | 第53-56页 |
| C. The Influences of Impractical Collective Mimicry | 第56-61页 |
| 1. The Big Man's Mimicry for Governance | 第57-59页 |
| 2.The Masses'Mimicry for Living | 第59-61页 |
| CHAPTER IV. CONCLUSION | 第61-65页 |
| A. Main Findings | 第61-63页 |
| B. Limitations of Study | 第63-64页 |
| C. Suggestions for Further Study | 第64-65页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第65-67页 |
| ACKNOLEDGEMENTS | 第67页 |
