| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| ·Overview on E. M. Forster | 第12-15页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| ·Chapter Preview | 第19-21页 |
| 2. Perspectives of Postcolonial Theory | 第21-28页 |
| ·The Origin and Development of Postcolonialism | 第21-24页 |
| ·Application of Postcolonialism in Literary Criticism | 第24-28页 |
| 3. Forster’s Absorption of Indian Culture | 第28-42页 |
| ·Mysticism in A Passage to India | 第28-36页 |
| ·Introduction to Jainism | 第29-30页 |
| ·Uncertainty of Characters | 第30-32页 |
| ·Multifaceted Symbolism of Animals | 第32-35页 |
| ·Mythic Image of God | 第35-36页 |
| ·Segregation in A Passage to India | 第36-42页 |
| ·Introduction to Segregation in Indian Society | 第36-38页 |
| ·Segregation among Indians | 第38-39页 |
| ·Segregation between Indians and Anglo-Indians | 第39-42页 |
| 4. Forster’s Domestication of Indian Culture | 第42-58页 |
| ·Colonized Land as the “Other” | 第42-49页 |
| ·The Divisive Arrangement of Chandrapore | 第43-45页 |
| ·Symbolic Meanings of the Marabar Caves | 第45-49页 |
| ·Colonized Characters as the “Other” | 第49-58页 |
| ·Aziz’s Subordinate Role in Contrast to Fielding | 第50-53页 |
| ·Professor Godbole as an Incomprehensible Character | 第53-56页 |
| ·Marginalized Indian Women | 第56-58页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第58-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-65页 |