| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-17页 |
| 1.1 The Historical Cultural Background of India | 第8-10页 |
| 1.2 Kiran Desai’s Identity Confusion and The Inheritance of Loss | 第10-13页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter Two Cultural Identity | 第17-29页 |
| 2.1 TheTheoryof Cultural Identity | 第17-23页 |
| 2.2 The Relationship between Cultural Identityand Postcolonial Nations | 第23-26页 |
| 2.3 Kiran Desai’s Pursuit of a Definite Cultural Identity | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three The Jumbled Cultural Identityof People in India | 第29-46页 |
| 3.1 The PerplexitybetweenWestern and Eastern Cultural Identity | 第29-39页 |
| 3.1.1 The Judge’s Escapism | 第30-35页 |
| 3.1.2 Sai’s Bewilderment and Tragedy | 第35-39页 |
| 3.2 The Interlaced Cultural Identity | 第39-46页 |
| 3.2.1 TheWesternized Indians | 第39-43页 |
| 3.2.2 An Indianized Swiss | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Four The Indeterminate Cultural Identity of People inAmerica | 第46-56页 |
| 4.1 The Quandaryof Illegal Immigrants | 第46-52页 |
| 4.1.1 Biju’s Insistence on Indianenss | 第47-50页 |
| 4.1.2 Saeed Saeed’s Pretence of Being an American | 第50-52页 |
| 4.2 The Dilemma of Lawful Permanent Residents | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间所取得的学术成果 | 第62-63页 |
