| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| The Importance of Rushdie and His Work | 第9-11页 |
| Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| Thesis Statement | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One The Postcolonial Standing of Salman Rushdie | 第16-25页 |
| ·The link between his life experience and his political position | 第16-20页 |
| ·The novel and its postcolonial contents | 第20-25页 |
| Chapter Two Third Space and Hybridity: Connotation and Development | 第25-33页 |
| ·Third Space in postcolonialism | 第25-29页 |
| ·Hybridity | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Three Magical Realism and Its Representation in Midnight’s Children | 第33-38页 |
| ·The Origin and Definition of Magical Realism | 第33-35页 |
| ·Magical Realism as a Postcolonial Strategy | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four Techniques of Magical Realism in Midnight’s Children | 第38-60页 |
| ·Narrative style | 第38-44页 |
| ·Magical World and Hybrid Text | 第44-60页 |
| ·Magical world | 第44-55页 |
| ·The hole in the sheet | 第44-46页 |
| ·Children born at midnight | 第46-50页 |
| ·Abundant Symbols | 第50-55页 |
| ·Hybrid Text | 第55-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-63页 |
