| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-5页 |
| Contents | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 2 Post-colonial Criticism and Heart of Darkness | 第9-14页 |
| ·Imperialism and colonialism in Victorian Britain | 第9-12页 |
| ·Heart of Darkness in the view of postcolonial theory | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 3 Decoding the Narrator Marlow | 第14-23页 |
| ·Decoding the narrator Marlow | 第14-17页 |
| ·Anti-imperialism | 第17-21页 |
| ·Marlow's anti-imperialism in Heart of Darkness | 第17-20页 |
| ·Conrad's anti-imperialism in his works | 第20-21页 |
| ·Imperialism and ethnocentrisms | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 4 Decoding Kurtz | 第23-37页 |
| ·Deconstruct the image of Kurtz | 第23-28页 |
| ·Decoding "The Horror! The Horror!" | 第28-29页 |
| ·Analysis about the reasons for Kurtz's collapse | 第29-33页 |
| ·Kurtz's death prefigures the future of colonies; for western civilization the book is apocalyptic warning | 第33-37页 |
| ·Conrad's question about imperialism | 第33-34页 |
| ·An apologia warning and Conrad's redemption | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter 5 Relocation of Conrad in Postcolonial Criticism | 第37-47页 |
| ·The sources of anti-imperialism: human nature,morality and experiences | 第38-44页 |
| ·Human nature | 第38-40页 |
| ·Morality | 第40-43页 |
| ·Conrad's experiences | 第43页 |
| ·Relations between the three sources | 第43-44页 |
| ·Relocation of Conrad in postcolonial criticism | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52-53页 |
| Papers Published During the Study for M. A. Degree | 第53页 |