| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| Chapter One Formation of the Theme of Marginality in the Writings of the Two Writers | 第18-31页 |
| 1.1 Marginality and Marginal Man | 第19-20页 |
| 1.2 Multicultural Backgrounds and Marginal Life Experiences of the Writers | 第20-31页 |
| 1.2.1 A Wanderer in the Colony | 第21-25页 |
| 1.2.2 An Outsider in the Empire Center | 第25-27页 |
| 1.2.3 The Nomad in the World | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Two Analysis of Main Marginalized Characters in the Works of the Two Writers | 第31-48页 |
| 2.1 The Construction of Salim’s Diaspora Identity | 第31-37页 |
| 2.1.1 Crisis of Cultural Identity | 第32-34页 |
| 2.1.2 Seeking for Cultural Identity | 第34-37页 |
| 2.2 Mary’s Marginal Survival in the Shadow of Colonialism | 第37-43页 |
| 2.2.1 Mary’s Drifting Experience | 第38-40页 |
| 2.2.2 Mary as a Gendered and Alienated “Other” | 第40-43页 |
| 2.3 Moses’ Marginal Survival | 第43-48页 |
| 2.3.1 Moses as a Racial “Other” | 第43-45页 |
| 2.3.2 Moses’ Destiny | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Three Writing Strategies in Highlighting the Theme of Marginality | 第48-66页 |
| 3.1 Setting the Background on Marginalized Africa | 第48-53页 |
| 3.2 Examining, Deconstructing the Center from the Margin | 第53-58页 |
| 3.3 Contradictory Writing | 第58-60页 |
| 3.4 The Differences in Handling the Theme of Marginality | 第60-66页 |
| 3.4.1 Different African Images in Their Writings | 第60-61页 |
| 3.4.2 The Different Attitudes towards the Marginalized Africans | 第61-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| Works Cited | 第68-71页 |
| Publication | 第71页 |
