| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Amy Tan's works and research summary | 第10-12页 |
| ·Zhang Yimou's works and research summary | 第12-14页 |
| ·Significance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research approach | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two The Similar Places between Amy Tan's Novels and Zhang Yimou'sFilms in the Manifestation of Orientalism | 第16-48页 |
| ·Impression of China | 第16-23页 |
| ·China under Amy Tan's pen | 第16-20页 |
| ·The suffered China | 第16-19页 |
| ·Mysterious China | 第19-20页 |
| ·China in Zhang Yimou's eyes | 第20-23页 |
| ·Fate of women | 第23-30页 |
| ·Image of women Amy Tan depicts | 第23-26页 |
| ·Weird and stupid | 第23-24页 |
| ·Weak and meek | 第24-25页 |
| ·The American-style strong and independent characters | 第25-26页 |
| ·Women image shaped by Zhang Yimou | 第26-30页 |
| ·Dragon Lady-erotic carrier | 第27页 |
| ·Shy Lotus Blossom-selfless,gentle | 第27-29页 |
| ·Village women- stubborn,obstinate | 第29-30页 |
| ·The silence of Chinese men | 第30-37页 |
| ·The male image Amy Tan depicted | 第31-34页 |
| ·Men in the old China | 第31-33页 |
| ·Kind and considerate white men or Chinese American | 第33-34页 |
| ·The male image Zhang Yimou shaped | 第34-37页 |
| ·Cowardly and hesitating young or mid-aged men | 第34-35页 |
| ·Cold and dark old men | 第35-37页 |
| ·Cultural symbols | 第37-44页 |
| ·Cultural symbols in Amy Tan's novels | 第37-42页 |
| ·Traditional beliefs | 第37-39页 |
| ·Food image | 第39-41页 |
| ·Mahjong symbol | 第41-42页 |
| ·The folklore culture performed by Zhang Yimou | 第42-44页 |
| ·Subjective intervention | 第44-48页 |
| ·Amy Tan:deliberate arrangement | 第44-45页 |
| ·Zhang Yimou:the subjective intervention | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Three The Different Places between Amy Tan's Novels and Zhang Yimou'sFilms in the Manifestation of Orientalism | 第48-57页 |
| ·Narrative structure | 第48-50页 |
| ·Amy Tan:complete and unified | 第48页 |
| ·Zhang Yimou:scattered and fragmentary | 第48-50页 |
| ·Subject preference:mother-daughter relationship/sex between men andwomen | 第50-53页 |
| ·Amy Tan:mother-daughter relationship | 第50-51页 |
| ·Zhang Yimou:sex between men and women | 第51-53页 |
| ·The mother-daughter reconciliation and patricide | 第53-57页 |
| ·Amy Tan:mother-daughter reconciliation | 第53-54页 |
| ·Zhang Yimou:patricide | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Four Reason for the existence of Orientalist Manifestation | 第57-60页 |
| ·Internal factors | 第57-58页 |
| ·External factors | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Five Shape the Positive Chinese Cultural and National Image | 第60-62页 |
| ·The positive image of China and the universal cultural values | 第60-61页 |
| ·The way to show a positive image and its influence | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第62-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-70页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第70页 |
