| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第13-24页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to V.S.Naipaul's Life and Work | 第13-17页 |
| ·Theoretical Base | 第17-20页 |
| ·Literature Review and Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Two IN THE PURSUIT OF THE CULTURAL IDENTITY | 第24-52页 |
| ·Worshiper of Western Culture—Indar | 第25-35页 |
| ·Trampling the Past | 第25-30页 |
| ·Imitating the European | 第30-32页 |
| ·The "Sick Child" of West | 第32-35页 |
| ·Guard of National Culture—Ferdinand | 第35-42页 |
| ·Blindly Mimicking | 第35-38页 |
| ·Acknowledgement as an African | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Pawn of the Totalitarian | 第40-42页 |
| ·Culture Wanderer—Salim | 第42-52页 |
| ·Crisis of identity | 第42-45页 |
| ·Cultural Loss | 第45-48页 |
| ·Quest for Cultural Identity | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Three MIMICRY FOR THE INNER AUTHORITY OF THE SOUL | 第52-72页 |
| ·Common People's Mimicry for "Being Recognized Other" | 第54-63页 |
| ·The Intention of Common People's Mimicry | 第54-57页 |
| ·Imitating the West as the Essence of Their Mimicry | 第57-61页 |
| ·The Root Cause of Mimicry | 第61-63页 |
| ·The Big Man's Mimicry for Order and Power | 第63-72页 |
| ·The New Domain:Full of European Traditions and Styles | 第63-66页 |
| ·Highlighting His Identity | 第66-68页 |
| ·The Consequence of Big Man's Mimicry | 第68-72页 |
| Chapter Four AN ASPIRATION OF THE SOUL HOMELAND BY THE ISOLATED EXILES | 第72-92页 |
| ·The Dilemmas and Embarrassments of the Exiles | 第73-84页 |
| ·White People Sense of Insecurity | 第73-77页 |
| ·Asians in Bewilderment | 第77-82页 |
| ·Mulatto as Outsiders | 第82-84页 |
| ·Exiles as a Frequently Occurred Theme in Naipaul's Works | 第84-92页 |
| ·Consciousness of Self-identity | 第85-88页 |
| ·From Exile to Identity Reconstruction | 第88-92页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第92-95页 |
| NOTES | 第95-101页 |
| REFERENCES | 第101-105页 |
